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Who we work with

The General Medical Council (GMC) cooperates with a variety of other organisations including other regulators and bodies representing patients and doctors.

Memorandums of understanding

We have signed memorandums of understanding with some of these organisations to help us work together effectively and efficiently to protect, promote, and maintain the health and safety of the public.

An MoU is an agreed framework for cooperation and collaboration between organisations. It does not affect statutory functions or amend any other policies or agreements already in place.

Agreements with individual organisations

We have signed memorandums of understanding with the following organisations.

Care Commission

Citizens Advice Scotland

Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deaneries

Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners

Health & Safety Executive

Healthcare Commission

Human Fertilisation And Embryology Authority

Joint Board of the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists

National Clinical Assessment Service

National Health Service Counter Fraud Service

NHS Education for Scotland

NHS Quality Improvement Scotland

NHS Scotland Counter Fraud Services

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

Criminal Cases Review Commission

 

Joint agreement

We have signed an information sharing protocol with the following organisations:

We have signed a memorandum of understanding with regulators of healthcare professionals in other European states through the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders initiative:

Regulation of other health and social care professions in the UK

The GMC cooperates with the other 12 health and social care professional regulators within the UK.