General Medical Council

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The General Medical Council is the independent UK regulatory body responsible for maintaining the official register of medical practitioners and setting standards for medical education and practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medical regulatory authority
non-departmental public body
professional regulatory body
abbreviation GMC
canImpose sanctions on doctors found unfit to practise
country United Kingdom
founded 1858
fundingModel funded mainly by doctors’ registration fees
governs granting of GP registration
granting of full registration to doctors
granting of provisional registration to new medical graduates
granting of specialist registration
registration of international medical graduates in the UK
handles complaints about doctors’ fitness to practise
hasRole protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London

Manchester
issues General Medical Council self-linksurface differs
surface form: Good Medical Practice guidance

guidance on professional standards for doctors
jurisdiction United Kingdom
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Medical Act 1983
maintains UK medical register
official register of medical practitioners
monitors doctors’ continuing professional development requirements
officeLocation Belfast
Cardiff
Edinburgh
oversees medical schools in the United Kingdom
postgraduate medical training programmes
predecessor General Medical Council self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom
regulates medical practitioners in the United Kingdom
postgraduate medical education standards
undergraduate medical education standards
responsibleFor fitness to practise procedures
licensing doctors to practise medicine in the UK
promoting high standards of medical education
promoting high standards of medical practice
protecting patients
revalidation of doctors
setting outcomes for medical education and training
sector healthcare regulation
subjectOf Medical Act 1858
supervises doctors with a licence to practise in the UK
typeOfRegulator independent regulator
website https://www.gmc-uk.org
worksWith National Health Service
medical royal colleges
medical schools

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Medical Act 1858 created General Medical Council
Medical Act 1858 empowered General Medical Council
Medical Act 1983 enforcedBy General Medical Council
Medical Act 1858 established General Medical Council
Medical Act 1983 establishesPowersOf General Medical Council
GMC fullName General Medical Council
GMC governs General Medical Council
this entity surface form: UK medical register
Medical Act 1983 grantsPowerTo General Medical Council
General Medical Council issues General Medical Council self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Good Medical Practice guidance
General Medical Council predecessor General Medical Council self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom
Medical Act 1983 primaryRegulatoryBody General Medical Council
Medical Act 1858 relatedTo General Medical Council