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General Medical Council (UK) fitness to practise proceedings: investigations, case examiner outcomes, undertakings, warnings, interim orders, MPTS tribunal procedure, reviews, sanctions and restoration applications - guide for lawyers

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This Practice Note offers guidance on General Medical Council (GMC) fitness to practise (FtP) investigations, as well as on applications for restoration to the Register. It should be read alongside the Practice Notes: Common principles in fitness to practise proceedings and Criminal proceedings and convictions in healthcare regulatory proceedings. The GMC regulates all registered doctors throughout the UK. The term ‘Registrant’ refers to the regulated professional who is the subject of fitness to practise proceedings in question. For further reading concerning other fitness to practise regimes, see also the following Practice Notes:

  • General Dental Council—fitness to practise proceedings
  • General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings
  • General Pharmaceutical Council—fitness to practise proceedings
  • Health and Care Professions Council—fitness to practise proceedings
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council Proceedings—fitness to practise proceedings
  • General Osteopathic Council—fitness to practise proceedings
  • General Chiropractic Council — fitness to practise proceedings
  • Social Work England—fitness to practise proceedings

Who are the General Medical Council?

The General Medical Council (‘GMC’) regulates doctors in the UK. Its role is to protect, promote and maintain:

  • the health, safety and well-being of the public
  • public confidence in the medical profession, and
  • proper professional standards...
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