GMC is really just a medics club. Its run by doctors and has a reputation for being extremely soft in its disciplinary processes. This is despite the fact that the GMC is supposed to be solely concerned with the regulation of Doctors. The RPSGB on the other hand has a much more rigourous disciplinary system, with an independent statutory committee. It has a much better record and reputation as a regulator than the GMC even though the RPSGB is both a representative and regulatory body.
Some people have the view that the Stat Com goes a bit far, however I think if you look at its decisions it is reasonably balanced. People do not get struck off just for dispensing errors (on the whole). They get struck off because off the way the deal (or rather don't deal) with the error, or for other things, like reusing patient returned stock.
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