I am thinking with all these legislations, medical displinary councils, and all the money spent, won’t it be more efficient to create a body to track the outcomes of the patients of various Doctors?
It is a step towards a value based healthcare where pay is linked directly to patient outcome but that is hard to do.
One of the problems is that patients does not know who are the good Doctors. The government can set up an independent body to survey patients and track outcomes. Apply a consistent metric and make the information publicly available.
It’s like word of mouth but regulated and much more reliable.
It is also safer for Doctors as your practise is unlikely to be destroyed by one bad patient assuming u have lots of glowing reviews from other patients.
Of course u have to start thinking about whether your patient will be happy after the treatment as now there is a stronger impact...