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Sector leader
Dr Maria O'Kane
CEO, Medical Council
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 10 Jun 2026
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Dr Maria O'Kane: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- CEO, Medical Council
- Quoted on
- Medical ethics & regulation
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 5 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Maria O'Kane sits on medical ethics & regulation
Quoted
Quoted in the press on medical ethics & regulation.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Charlie MasseyRegulatorChief Executive and Registrar, General Medical CouncilLeading- Dr Manjeet ShehmarClinicianMedical Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustLeading
Arthur CaplanAcademicProfessor Emeritus and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU Langone Health)Leading- Caroline CorbySector leaderPSA chair
- RobClinicianNurse with 35 years of service, husband of Liz
- Dr Maria O'KaneSector leaderCEO, Medical Council
- Alejandro SanchezSector leaderHead of human rights at the National Secular Society
- Mark FowlerClinicianContract physician involved in the Carruthers execution attempt
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Maria O'Kane has said
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- imt.ie
Where Dr Maria O'Kane has been quoted
- More than 2,500 doctors taken off Medical Council register last yearimt.ie · 5 Nov 2026
- Medical Council suspends registrations of nine doctors after 2025 fitness-to-practice findingsimt.ie · 3 Oct 2026
- Views sought on recognising UK exams in doctors’ assessmentsimt.ie · 10 Jun 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Maria O'Kane: we searched news for these terms.
- medical ethics
- General Medical Council
- GMC
- fitness to practise
- patient consent
- Mental Capacity Act
- conscientious objection
- medical confidentiality
Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation
Verbatim
“The findings reinforce the important contribution that internationally trained doctors make to healthcare in Ireland, while also highlighting some of the challenges that can arise between obtaining registration and securing employment”
“The legislative reforms introduced in 2025 have enabled a more proportionate approach to handling complaints and concerns”
“Our primary responsibility is the protection of patients, and that means ensuring that every doctor on our register has met the required standards. We are satisfied that the PLAB meets these standards.”
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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.