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The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary.
The GMC took on its role on 1 April 2010 following its merger with the former Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board. From 1995 to 2005, hospital doctors' training was assessed and deemed to be complete by the Specialist Training Authority (STA), which was formed by the combined Royal Colleges. [ 2 ]
The council was established by the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 [2] and commenced operation in April 1979. [3] It replaced an earlier body, the Medical Registration Council, which had been established under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 1927, [4] and which took over certain functions from the General Medical Council (the medical regulator for the United Kingdom).
The bill removed restrictions on the granting of qualifications for registration under the Medical Act on the ground of sex. Therefore, the Act allowed medical colleges to admit women to medicine. Eliza Walker Dunbar , a Scottish doctor, was the first woman to become a licentiate of the RCPI on January 10, 1877, and the first woman to be ...
The GMC asked Professor Aneez Esmail to carry out an independent review of the MRCGP exam which was published in September 2013. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] In October 2013 legal action taken by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) led to a judicial review being granted to review the fairness of the CSA assessment, although the ...
[citation needed] On qualifying, GPs will be added to the GMC General Practice Register, unlike their colleagues on the Specialty Register, GPs are unable to undertake formalised subspecialty training, however many have further qualifications in specialist areas and practice as sub-specialists.
In 2016, via a Freedom of Information request it was revealed that despite increasing registration costs for healthcare professionals, the HCPC spent over £17,000 on their Christmas party. [14] For 224 attendees, the cost-per-head for one meal was £76.12, comparable to the yearly registration costs for many workers.
Doctors pay professional annual fees to maintain registration with the General Medical Council and medical indemnity cover. Resident doctors also incur costs associated with training courses, preparing for and sitting exams and college membership; training can be associated with £420-£3,000 of professional fees annually, depending on stage of ...