FIPO National Medical Advisory Committee
(FIPO NAT-MAC)
FIPO MAC Guidelines
At several FIPO Nat-MAC meetings MAC Chairmen from around the UK requested some more formal, professionally structured, Guidelines to assist them in their role. FIPO has now produced these Guidelines with input from the GMC, the MDU, the MPS, various hospital providers and the Healthcare Commission.
These guidelines have been circulated to all MAC Chairmen and are now available at a price of £10 each. Please send a cheque payable to “FIPO” stating the number of copies required to FIPO, 14 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA
To see the contents of the Guidelines please follow this link...
Rational
Medical Advisory Committees (MACs) in all UK independent hospitals
are seeing their roles increase almost, if not completely, to a
legal responsibility. MACs need to impose stricter rules on consultants
on issues such as audit, note keeping and clinical practices. MACs
will need to oversee subgroups responsible for governance and quality
issues, particularly in advising management over consultant suspensions.
FIPO NAT-MAC has been established because of the need to :
- Support and co-ordinate the activities of MAC Chairmen
- Allow FIPO Board a direct link to the "local" consultants
- Provide two-way communication between consultants and FIPO
- Involve a wider group onto the FIPO Council and Board
Benefits of Membership
There are two main reasons for MAC Committees to join FIPO NAT-MAC.
- The local MAC and its Chairman is often isolated despite increasing
responsibilities. FIPO NAT-MAC will correct this by supporting
these doctors with an independent professional organisation which
will co-ordinate policies and provide medical insight into new
legislation.
- Local consultants need to be fully briefed on Private Medical Industry (PMI) issues and Chairmen need to lead locally on all this. FIPO links MAC Chairmen to a confidential national and purely medical network to assist in this task.
Without independent support and advice, MAC Chairmen are blind and a sitting target.
Structure
The FIPO NAT-MAC general committee is open to all local MACs. An executive committee is made up of ten representatives together with three FIPO Board members. The ten executive members attend FIPO Council and one of them is a member of the FIPO Executive Board.
The current elected NAT-MAC representative on the FIPO Board is Mr Martin Stone, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, of St Joseph’s Private Hospital, South Wales.