Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Concerns about a doctor publications

From this page you can download our guidance relating to concerns and complaints about doctors. This guidance is for patients and the public, medical professionals and for doctors.

There are also links to further guidance relating to our fitness to practise procedures.

For patients
Fitness to practise procedures and hearings

For patients

How to complain about a doctor - a guide for patients

Our procedures are the same throughout the UK, but healthcare and support organisations do vary throughout the UK so we have produced separate guidance for patients in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

How to complain about a doctor

Web version: View online information about how to complain about a doctor.

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Published: 2009

Order a hard copy: Contact publications

Fitness to practise procedures and hearings

A guide for doctors reported to the GMC

This publication provides guidance to doctors who have been reported to us by patients, employers, the police or other bodies.

A guide for doctors reported to the GMC

Web version: View a guide for doctors reported to the GMC.

Download: A guide for doctors reported to the GMC (pdf)

Published: 2009

Order a hard copy: Contact informationaccess@gmc-uk.org

A guide for health professionals on how to report a doctor to the GMC

This publication advises individual doctors, medical directors and clinical governance managers what action to take when they have concerns about a doctor.