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Joint statement from chief executives of statutory regulators of health and social care professionals
Press release | 8 Dec 2021
The regulators of UK health and social care professionals have reiterated their support for staff working together to tackle the ongoing pandemic and seasonal pressure on services.
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Tackling teamwork problems earns medical students top prize
Press release | 3 Dec 2021
Medical students from the University of Cambridge have won the annual UK-wide student professionalism competition run by the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC).
Dates are changing but our commitment to PAs and AAs remains
MAPs | 1 Dec 2021
Dates for regulating physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) have changed. We now expect the legislative process won't be complete before summer 2023.
Recruitment begins for new GMC Chair
News | 16 Nov 2021
The General Medical Council (GMC) has opened its recruitment campaign for a new Chair to lead its Council. Applications are open from 16 November until 13 December.
A message from our acting Chair, Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen
Statement | 26 Oct 2021
We've all had to get comfortable with change over the last 18 months or so - as change has become the status quo. As doctors, we've gone from wrestling with the implications of a new and deadly disease, to trying to effectively treat it and then to rolling out the vaccine that helps guard against it.
The role of the regulator in ending inequality in medicine
Speech | 25 Oct 2021
Charlie Massey's speech for British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin conference, October 2021.
GMC publishes future professional standards for PAs and AAs
Press release | 21 Oct 2021
The General Medical Council (GMC) has published future professional standards for physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs).
Wellbeing conversation is vital in the wake of Covid, acting GMC Chair warns
Press release | 7 Oct 2021
The pandemic has heaped such pressure on exhausted doctors that a conversation about wellbeing ‘is needed now more than ever’, the acting Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) has warned in a speech today (Thursday 7 October).
What is the role of the regulator in wellbeing?
Speech | 7 Oct 2021
Carrie MacEwen's speech for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow conference, October 2021
GMC survey reveals reasons doctors quit UK working and what stops them returning
Press release | 6 Oct 2021
A survey of doctors who quit working in the UK between 2004 and 2019 has revealed that dissatisfaction and burnout were among the main reasons they gave for leaving their jobs.
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Health Secretary formally opens GMC assessment centre
Press release | 5 Oct 2021
Health Secretary Sajid Javid visited the General Medical Council (GMC) offices in central Manchester to formally open its temporary Clinical Assessment Centre.
Annual report on whistleblowing from healthcare regulators published
Press release | 27 Sep 2021
The General Medical Council (GMC) has joined seven other healthcare regulators to publish an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures.
Tackling climate change – even regulators have roles to play
During COP26, the world gathered in Glasgow to seek ways of tackling climate change. And the GMC’s Assistant Director for Corporate Social Responsibility, Jane Durkin, explained how even a medical regulator has a role to play.
When does the regulator get involved in a doctor's mental health?
For World Mental Health Day, Dr John Smyth of the GMC, and a former GP, answers questions about doctors’ mental health and the role of the regulator.
