Part 3: List of publications, GMC Publication Scheme

Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
Administration	GMC structure and organisation	Introduction to the GMC	Information about the purpose and responsibilities of the GMC.	Free on website
		Contact details for GMC departments		Free on website
		Schedule of Council and Committee meetings		Free on website
		Legislation	List of Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments governing the work of the GMC.	Free on website
		Reforms to GMC governance	Information about constitutional reform of the GMC.	Free on website
	Council and Committees	Council papers	Papers and agendas of Council. NOTE: Conference and closed session papers are not available.	1999 - to date, available on website Free hard or electronic copy on request
		Standing Orders	Instructions for conducting GMC council and committee meetings.	Latest version available on website Free hard or electronic copy on request
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		Council transcripts	Full transcripts of Council proceedings. Conference and closed sessions papers are not available.	Free hard copy on request
		Bound volumes	Bound volumes containing minutes of council and committee 1858-2002.	Available for viewing at GMC offices by appointment
		Committee for Diversity and Equality	Papers and agendas of the Committee for Diversity and Equality.	Free hard or electronic copy on request
		Patient and Public Reference Group	Papers and agendas of the Patient and Public Reference Group	Free hard copy on request
	Staff	Job vacancies	Details of current job vacancies at the GMC.	Published in national and specialist press
	Annual report	Annual Report and Accounts	Annual report about the activities of the GMC. Includes the annual account.	Free hard or electronic copy
		Annual Review	Review of GMC activities for past year.	Free hard copy
		Business Plan	The GMC Annual Business Plan	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
	GMC members	List of GMC members	List and biographies of GMC members.	Free on website
		Election scheme	Rules and procedures for conducting GMC elections.	Free hard copy onrequest
		Members' Code of Conduct	Code of conduct for GMC members.	Free on website
		Registers of interest	Registers giving the direct and indirect interests of GMC Members, Fitness to Practise panellists and chief officers.	Free on website
		Presidents of the Council	List of Presidents of the GMC from 1858.	Free hard copy on request
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
	Policies and procedures	Tendering and procurement guidelines.		Free hard copy available on request.
		Equality Impact Assessment	Guidance for staff in making sure that Council and Committee papers reflect the GMC's equality policy.	Free hard or electronic copy
		Health and safety policy	Health and safety policy for GMC staff.	Free hard copy available on request
	Information Policy
		Information request procedure	A guide to requesting information under the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information Act 2000	Free on website
		Privacy statement	Details about how the GMC will manage personal information.	Free on website
Communications		GMC Today	Corporate newsletter, published every two months and sent to all doctors on the Register	Free hard or electronic copy
		Welsh Language Sheme	How the GMC proposes to deliver services in welsh	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		News releases	News releases to the general and medical press.	Available in national and medical press
Registration	The Register	The List of Registered Medical Practitioners	Register of all doctors who are registered with the GMC to work in the UK.	Free on website
		Guide to the Registers	Guide to using the medical register. Information about making a search of the medical register is also available on the website.	Free printed booklet
		Medical Register: The List of Registerd Medical Practitioners	List of all doctors appearing on the LRMP	Availability chargable electronic copy (CD-Rom)
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
	Registration information	Guidance and application forms	Application form and guidance for doctors wishing to apply for provisional or full registration with the GMC.	Free on website
		Our service promise	Customer service procedure.	Free printed booklet
		Frequently asked questions for online services	Answers to questions about using the online application and about applying for the Professional Linguistics Assessments Board exam (PLAB).	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		Information about maintaining and updating registration details.	Information for doctors who are already registered or have been previously registered and want to return to the register or update their details.	Free on website
	Professional Linguistics Assessments Board (PLAB) test information	Information about parts 1 and 2 of the PLAB test: fees and registration.	Information for doctors about applying to take the PLAB test and about the test itself.	Free on website
		Objective Structural Clinical Examination	OSCE test video	Free on website
	Licensing and revalidation
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		Information about licensing and revalidation	Information about the legal implications and background to licensing and revalidation.
Fitness to Practise	Fitness to Practise procedures	The GMC's Fitness to Practise procedures	Explanation of how the fitness to practise procedures work.	On website or hard copy on request
		Referring a doctor to the GMC: A guide for individual doctors, medical directors and clinical governance managers	Information for health professionals who wish to make a complaint about a doctor.	Free printed booklet and free on website
		Referring a doctor to the GMC: A guide for patients	Information for patients who wish to make a complaint about a doctor	Free printed booklet
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
	Information for doctors	Maintaining Good Medical Practice		Free hard copy and free on website
		A guide for doctors referred to the GMC	Information for doctors who are facing a complaint.	Free on website or free hard copy
		Health Assessments	Information for doctors who may be required to undertake a Health Assessment	Free on website
		Undertakings Factsheet	Information for doctors who may be asked to agree to undertakings	Free on website
		Performance Assessment Factsheet	Information for doctors who may be required to undergo a performance assessment	Free on website
		Warning factsheet	Guidance on the GMC's procedures for issuing a warning to a doctor	Free on website
	Fitness to Practise Committees	Interim Orders	List of orders affecting registration of doctors, made by the Interim Orders Committee.	Free on website
		Referrals to local NHS Procedure factsheet	The process for referring complaints to local NHS Procedures	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		Explanation of the role and function of the Interim Orders Committee		Free on website
		Transcripts of the Professional Conduct Committee	Note : Transcript will not be available for sessions held in private	Chargeable hard copy available on request
		Determinations of the Professional conduct Committee	Minutes of decisions made by the Professional conduct. Determinations between 1 July 2003 - 31 October 2004 are searchable by the name of the doctor on the Online Doctors Search.	Free on website or hard copy on request
		Determinations of the Committee for Professional Performance	Adverse determinations between 1 July 2003 - 31 October 2004 are searchable by the name of the doctor on the Online Doctors Search.	Free on website or hard copy on request
		Transcripts of Fitness to Practise Panels	Note : Transcript will not be available for sessions held in private. Transcripts are available after the hearing is concluded.	Chargeable hard copy available on request.
		Determinations of the Fitness to Practise Panels	Minutes of decisions made by the Fitness to Practise Panel. Searchable by the name of the doctor on the Online Doctors Search.	Free on website or hard copy on request
		Guidance on Fitness to Practise Sanctions and referrals for educational intervention	Information for members of Fitness to Practise committees and for doctors about the decision making process.	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
	Reform of the Fitness to Practise procedures	Information about the new complaints procedure		Free on website
		Information about the reform of Fitness to Practise procedures		Free on website
	Standards for the conduct of doctors	Guidance for doctors on good practice	Information for doctors on Good Medical Practice and supplementary ethical guidance. Archived guidance also available.	Free on website
	Standards committee	Committee on Professional Conduct and Medical Ethics	Agenda, papers and minutes from 1983 to date	Available on request via email or hard copy.
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
Education	Education Committee	Education committee papers and minutes		Free hard copy on request
		Guidance made by the Education Committee		Free hard copy on request
		Regulations made by the Education Committee		Free hard copy on request
		Statutory recommendations of the Education Committee.		Free hard copy on request
		Papers and Minutes of the undergraduate board		Free hard copy on request
		Information about the GMC's work in regulating undergraduate medical education in the UK and the quality assurance process		Free on website
		Information about continuing professional development		Free on website
		Tomorrow's Doctors	Recommendations on undergraduate medical education	Free on website
Class	Sub-class	Title	Notes	Availability
		The New Doctor	Recommendations on general clinical training	Free on website
		The Doctor as Teacher		Free on website
Other
		Memorandums of Understanding	Information about and agreements between the GMC and other organisations	Free on website
		Working towards a Patient and Public Involvement Strategy	A development plan for a PPI Strategy for the GMC	Free hard copy
	Consultations	Consultations held by the GMC	Available from 2000 to date	Free hard or electronic copy
		Our responses to other consultations	Our submitted responses to consultations held by other organisations available from 2004	Free hard or electronic copy
		Call for Ideas		Free hard or electronic copy