Please refer the following links on the GMC (General Medical Council) website. UK only.The General Medical Council (GMC) registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK.
It's purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.
The purpose of the GMC is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the community by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine. The council was formed in 1858. A practitioner not on the Medical Register of the GMC is forbidden to hold themselves out as a registered medical practitioner in the UK. The GMC regulates medical schools in the UK, and liaises with other nations' medical and university regulatory bodies over medical schools overseas, leading to some qualifications being mutually recognised. The Council is funded by annual fees required from those wishing to remain registered and fees for examinations.
A patient’s guide - How you can refer a doctor to the GMC
Contents
Introduction
What can I do if I am concerned about a doctor?
Where can I get further advice about my complaint?
What do I do if I have a more serious complaint?
How do I report a doctor to the GMC?
What will the GMC do with my complaint?
What can the GMC do?
What can't the GMC do?
How long will it take the GMC to consider my complaint?
What if I am not happy with the way the GMC has handled my complaint?
How to make a complaint about a doctor: A guide for doctors, medical directors and clinical governance managers
Contents
When can the GMC take action?
What the GMC can't do
Our role in context
Advice for Trusts
Referring a doctor
How you can help
What will happen if you refer a doctor to us
Making a complaint - Frequently Asked Questions
This section answers a number of frequently asked questions (FAQs). The information does appear elsewhere on this website – but this section is intended to be a quick and useful source of answers to the key questions people want to know about the complaining process.
Contents
Complaining about a doctor
Should I complain to the General Medical Council?
Where can I get advice about my complaint?
Complaining to the GMC
What are the types of complaint the GMC can help with?
What are the types of complaint the GMC cannot help with?
Do you consider older complaints, eg ones relating to incidents five years ago?
How do you handle complaints which do not relate to individual doctors?
How do I complain to the General Medical Council?
Further information and links
What happens next
What action will the GMC taken when I have made my complaint?
Should I complain to the General Medical Council?
Where can I get advice about my complaint?
Complaining to the GMC
What are the types of complaint the GMC can help with?
What are the types of complaint the GMC cannot help with?
Do you consider older complaints, eg ones relating to incidents five years ago?
How do you handle complaints which do not relate to individual doctors?
How do I complain to the General Medical Council?
Further information and links
What happens next
What action will the GMC taken when I have made my complaint?
A full index of this section
The General Medical Council (GMC) regulates doctors in the United Kingdom (UK). We register doctors to practise in the UK and have the powers to either issue a warning to a doctor, remove the doctor from the register, suspend or place conditions on a doctor's registration.
In this section
Complaints and the role of the GMC
Read information on the GMC's role in dealing with complaints – what do we do, what don't we do. View the Complaints and the role of the GMC page.
Read information on the GMC's role in dealing with complaints – what do we do, what don't we do. View the Complaints and the role of the GMC page.
Making a complaint
Read information about how to make a complaint. See our Making a complaint section.
Read information about how to make a complaint. See our Making a complaint section.
Doctors under investigation
This section is for doctors who have been referred to the GMC, and includes advice on our procedures. View our Doctors under investigation section.
This section is for doctors who have been referred to the GMC, and includes advice on our procedures. View our Doctors under investigation section.
Employers information
The GMC has published guidance for employers relating to doctors under investigation and going through our Fitness to Practise procedures. View our information for employers.
The GMC has published guidance for employers relating to doctors under investigation and going through our Fitness to Practise procedures. View our information for employers.
The investigation process
This section explains our procedures after a complaint comes in, throughout our investigation – and when we decide to conclude an investigation with a Warning. See our investigation process section.
This section explains our procedures after a complaint comes in, throughout our investigation – and when we decide to conclude an investigation with a Warning. See our investigation process section.
Hearings and decisions
The hearings and decisions section explains about our Adjudication process – that is, when a doctor appears before the GMC to answer allegations. You can also find out about Interim Order Panels, and search for results of GMC Fitness to Practise hearings. See the Hearings and decisions section.
The hearings and decisions section explains about our Adjudication process – that is, when a doctor appears before the GMC to answer allegations. You can also find out about Interim Order Panels, and search for results of GMC Fitness to Practise hearings. See the Hearings and decisions section.
In other sections
Legal framework for Fitness to Practise procedures
The legal framework for our Fitness to Practise procedures is set out in Medical Act 1983 and the Fitness to Practise Rules 2004. You can view the legislation and supplementary information on the Legislation page in the About Us section of the website.
Legal framework for Fitness to Practise procedures
The legal framework for our Fitness to Practise procedures is set out in Medical Act 1983 and the Fitness to Practise Rules 2004. You can view the legislation and supplementary information on the Legislation page in the About Us section of the website.
GMC Affiliates
The Government’s White Paper in February 2007, Trust Assurance and Safety: The Regulation of Healthcare Professionals in the 21st Century proposed a network of GMC Affiliates to provide support, advice and guidance to employers in managing concerns about doctors. The Paper recommended that the role of GMC Affiliates should be piloted in England, ahead of a full scale roll-out.
The Government’s White Paper in February 2007, Trust Assurance and Safety: The Regulation of Healthcare Professionals in the 21st Century proposed a network of GMC Affiliates to provide support, advice and guidance to employers in managing concerns about doctors. The Paper recommended that the role of GMC Affiliates should be piloted in England, ahead of a full scale roll-out.
Find out more about the pilots on our GMC Affiliates page.
The GMC website can be found at ... http://www.gmc-uk.org/index.asp
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