Our team in Scotland

Working closely with our country-specific partners helps us to make sure that our approach to regulation is well-informed by the health policies and services in Scotland.

We seek the views of a wide range of organisations and people with an interest in healthcare in everything that we do. Together we make sure that regulating doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) works for Scotland. This is vital as health policies and services diverge across the four countries of the UK.

Among others, we engage and work in partnership with:

• patient advisory groups
• educators
• British Medical Association Scotland
• other healthcare professional regulators 
• medical defence organisations
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland
• NHS Education for Scotland
• NHS boards and independent providers
• the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament.

Read our GMC 2024 Scotland Report to find out more about the team’s recent work. 

Learn more about our outreach advisers in Scotland. 

UK Advisory Forum

One way we meet and consult formally with our partners is through the UK Advisory Forum. The Forum allows us to focus on longer term priorities and discuss early-stage views on policy development.  

Find out what the Forum has been discussing recently in Scotland.

How does healthcare work in Scotland?

Scottish healthcare policy, funding and objectives are set by the Scottish Government. 

14 territorial National Health Service (NHS) boards supply health services in Scotland. They are supported by seven special boards, which provide national services; these include NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS). HIS lead the scrutiny and public assurance of health services in Scotland. 

There are also 31 integration authorities which provide health and social care at a local level.

Contact us

To get in touch with our team in Scotland, please email gmcscotland@gmc-uk.org.