A-Z of ethical guidance
The A-Z of ethical guidance acts as a search function for all the General Medical Council's current ethical guidance.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
How to use the A-Z
The A-Z can be used just like the index of a book.
Example 1
You are looking for information about professional indemnity cover. Clicking on P above will display all entries beginning with the letter P (in alphabetical order). Click on
- Professional indemnity cover (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 34)
and you will be taken to the webpage containing paragraph 34 from Good Medical Practice, which refers to professional indemnity cover.
Example 2
You are looking for information about ‘leading a team’. Clicking on L will display all entries beginning with the letter L (in alphabetical order). As there are two references to ‘leading a team’, there are two entries in the A-Z:
- Leading a team (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 42)
- Leading a team (Management guidance, paragraph 49-50)
If you click on the first entry you will be taken to the webpage containing paragraph 42 from Good Medical Practice. If you click on the second entry you will be taken to the webpage containing paragraphs 49-50 from the Management guidance.
List of the GMC's ethical guidance
Click here to view the full list of the GMC's ethical guidance, including the abbreviated titles.
Please note
The Mental Capacity Act came into full effect in England and Wales in October 2007. There are a number of areas of current GMC guidance on good practice which are affected by the new legal framework. Anyone referring to GMC guidance should read it in conjunction with the new Act and Code of Practice www.dca.gov.uk/legal-policy/mental-capacity. In most cases, the new statutory requirements for decision-making simply reinforce or complement the principles set out in our guidance. In a few areas, some statements in our guidance clearly can be seen to be overtaken by the new law. This affects, for example, the guidance on Consent where we state that no-one can make decisions on behalf of an incapacitated adult, and the guidance on Serious Communicable Diseases (which was withdrawn in 2006).
We have a rolling programme to revise and update our published guidance. So we will take the earliest opportunity to ensure that all our guidance documents satisfactorily reflect the current legal position. Anyone who has concerns about possible differences between the advice in any current GMC guidance and the requirements of the new Act and Code should contact standards@gmc-uk.org.
