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Analyzes changes in the regulation of doctors in the UK during its transition from an imperial power to a European nation, drawing on personal experience as a lay member of the British General Medical Council. The council was created in 1858 & charged with registering medical practitioners. Traditionally, the General Medical Council has been reluctant to register foreign doctors who were not trained in UK-founded medical schools. However, during the 1960s, the National Health Service experienced a dearth of competent doctors, thus increasing the pressure on the council to register more foreign doctors. The admittance of more foreign doctors produced a reaction against supposedly lax registerial standards & eventually a return to the restrictive policy. This new policy was constituted in such a way as to privilege European doctors over "overseas" doctors to reduce tension between the UK & the European Community. Recently, greater integration with the European Community & the introduction of concerns outside the province of the council have further reduced its influence. 45 References. D. M. Smith