Regulator profile

GMC

General Medical Council

Professional Regulator UK-wide

What GMC does

Statutory regulator for doctors in the UK. Maintains the medical register, sets standards for medical education and practice, and investigates fitness to practise concerns. All practising doctors must be registered.

Fitness To PractiseProfessional Registration

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Official guidance from GMC

Curated guidance documents to help you understand your obligations.

Consent to research - professional standards - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

0-18 years - guidance for all doctors - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

0-18 years - professional standards - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

About Candour - openness and honesty when things go wrong - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

About Confidentiality - professional standards - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

About Cosmetic interventions - professional standards - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

About Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

About Leadership and management for all doctors - professional standards - GMC (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

View all 234 guidance documents (opens in a new tab)

Legislation connected to GMC’s remit but not directly enforced — establishing Acts, amendments, referenced legislation, and context.

Establishing / enabling

Medical Act 1983 UK Act of Parliament The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 2008 UK Statutory Instrument The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 UK Statutory Instrument The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024 UK Statutory Instrument

Administered / monitored

The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules Order of Council 2004 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Licence to Practise) Regulations Order of Council 2009 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Applications for General Practice and Specialist Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2010 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Registration Appeals Panels Procedure) Rules Order of Council 2010 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) Regulations Order of Council 2012 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Constitution of Panels, Tribunals and Investigation Committee) Rules Order of Council 2015 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Constitution of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) Rules Order of Council 2015 UK Statutory Instrument The General Medical Council (Legal Assessors and Legally Qualified Persons) Rules Order of Council 2015 UK Statutory Instrument

Sectors regulated

Healthcare services

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