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Press Release: GMC Manchester office relocates to new premises

12 January 2010

The General Medical Council is moving offices in Manchester but wants to reassure people that this will not affect the work undertaken by staff at the GMC

Web News: Urgent notice - Contact centre

08 January 2010

Please note: Our Contact centre will be unavailable on 8 January between the hours of 18:00 and 21:00.

Web News: Call to doctors to become involved in piloting assessment tools

04 January 2010

Are you a fully registered doctor? Come and help us keep the assessment tools we use for Fitness to Practise tests up to date.

Press Release: General Medical Council supports the roll out of Tomorrow’s Doctors

17 December 2009

The GMC is rolling out a series of nationwide roadshows to help medical schools implement the changes required by the GMC’s Tomorrow’s Doctors guidance.

Press Release: New patient leaflet helps doctors to explain licensing

16 December 2009

Doctors are being offered a helpful new leaflet to explain important developments in medical regulation to their patients.

Press Release: 2010 budget and business plan agreed

11 December 2009

The 2010 Business Plan and supporting budget, agreed by Council, sets out an ambitious programme of work for the GMC to deliver over the next 12 months.

Press Release: GMC/PMETB merger funding agreed

09 December 2009

The Department of Health (England) has allocated £7.1 million to enable the merger of PMETB with the GMC.

Press Release: UK Revalidation Programme Board reviews revalidation progress

09 December 2009

The UK Revalidation Programme Board has met to review revalidation progress

Press Release: The doctor's dilemma: website helps doctors with reporting knife wounds

09 December 2009

The GMC has added a new series of tutorials to its award-nominated website, Good Medical Practice (GMP) in Action.

Press Release: GMC calls for a national prescription chart to reduce errors

03 December 2009

Prescribing errors in hospitals could be reduced if a standardised prescription chart was introduced in all UK hospitals, according to research commissioned by the GMC.