01 March 2013
A new guide to help Boards check their organisations are placing quality and safety at the heart of their services for patients is published today.
25 February 2013
The General Medical Council (GMC) today welcomed government plans to give the medical regulator new powers to check the language skills of doctors from Europe.
14 February 2013
Some doctors in training are tired and stressed because of their working patterns which could be putting patients at risk, the General Medical Council (GMC) warned today.
06 February 2013
The General Medical Council has made the following statement in response to the publication of Robert Francis’s report into the failings at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust:
31 January 2013
New guidance for doctors on how to prescribe medicine safely has been issued by the General Medical Council (GMC) today.
31 January 2013
New guidance on how the General Medical Council (GMC) deals with complaints against doctors who may have helped patients commit suicide has been published today.
21 December 2012
Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, said:
18 December 2012
Professor Sir Peter Rubin, Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC), became the first doctor to revalidate today.
10 December 2012
For the first time doctors who are worried about patient safety will be able to contact the General Medical Council (GMC) through a new confidential helpline.