General Medical Council

Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Patient safety

We protect patients by dealing firmly and fairly with serious concerns about doctors.

We ensure that only properly qualified doctors are registered and allowed to practise in the UK.

We set the standards for the next generation of doctors in the UK's medical schools.

We set and promote the principles of good practice which doctors follow throughout their careers.

Try our latest set of interactive case studies which bring the ethical dilemmas doctors face to life - visit Good Medical Practice in Action.

Our interactive Patients' help site is full of guidance for patients who have concerns about a doctor.

Our online magazine GMCtoday is packed with news and features and a must-read for all doctors.

Our consultation poses 20 key questions about revalidation. Your view will help us shape the process.

Listen to our new podcast which explores professionalism and its relevance to medical students.

There are currently more than 231,000 doctors on the GMC's Medical Register. Over 218,000 are registered with a licence.
The GMC dealt with more than 200,000 telephone queries during 2009.
More than 3.7 million searches were carried out on the online medical register last year.