Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Guidance on good practice

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

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Good Medical Practice review

Good Medical Practice

We are reviewing our core guidance, Good Medical Practice (2006), which sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded.

Interactive case studies: GMP in Action

Good Medical Practice in Action

Choose what the doctor should do in a series of case studies highlighting how the guidance might work in practice.

Supporting ethical guidance

Consent guidance

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