Putting the ‘right touch’ on regulation

In a special exit interview, Dara Gantly speaks with outgoing President of the Medical Council Prof Kieran Murphy about meeting the challenges of reform at Kingram House over the past five years. When Prof Kieran Murphy was elected President of the Medical Council back in July 2008, he highlighted the “formidable challenge” the body faced in implementing the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. To fulfil these statutory requirements, the Council would have to modernise and reform its structures, incorporating both the traditional committee structures with working group models which have specific objectives and time frames. Reflecting on his five-year term of…