Guidance on good practice

The GMC has a statutory role to provide guidance to doctors on medical ethics.

Ethical guidance

Our core guidance is Good Medical Practice (2006) (GMP) which sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded.

We also publish supporting ethical guidance which provides more detail on how to comply with the principles in Good Medical Practice.

To find out how the principles in Good Medical Practice and supporting guidance might work in practice, visit our interactive web section, GMP in Action:

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The Archive contains guidance that has been withdrawn and/or superseded.

News and consultations

We keep our guidance under review. You can read more about current projects and consultations including new guidance development and reviews of existing guidance on our News and consultations page.

Your feedback

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Guidance in other areas of the GMC’s Work

• The education pages provide guidance on education and training.
• The concerns about doctors pages contain guidance on how members of the public and others can act on concerns about doctors.
• For guidance on how to register as a doctor and on revalidation see the medical register.
• The publications section of the site contains corporate publications like the Annual Report and the Valuing Diversity Resource guides.