ABSTRACT

Data for this chapter are mainly drawn from the author’s personal bibliography. The websites of the General Medical Council (GMC) (https://www.gmc-uk.org/), the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) (https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/), the Department of Health (DoH) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health), General Medical Council: https://www.gmc-uk.org and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (https://www.nice.org.uk/) were also consulted.