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We’re the independent regulator of doctors in the UK. We work with doctors, patients, and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care.
Our medical register, which lists all doctors registered with us to practise medicine in the UK. You can search the register for a doctor here.
Professional standards for doctors. The professional standards set out our expectations of all doctors registered with us. Doctors must use their professional judgement to apply the standards to their day-to-day practice.
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.
Registration and licensing. All doctors must be registered with a licence to practise before they work in the UK. Here you can search or join the registers, manage your registration or find information about registrations.
You can track the changes to the register over time, access specific data about our General Practitioner and Specialist register, and explore where doctors qualified in the UK and overseas. Register summary
We oversee the performance of the General Medical Council (GMC), the regulatory body which regulates UK doctors. View recent findings & case reviews.
Investigate the current makeup of the medical register, including statistics on protected characteristics. You can track changes to the register over time, access specific data about our General Practitioner and Specialist registers, and explore where doctors qualified in the UK and overseas.
How to apply to join the UK medical register. If you would like to apply to join the UK medical register you will need to: check you are eligible. complete an application. pay a fee. provide the required evidence. complete an identity check.
gmc-uk.org 29 : Risk of burnout : Responses to the seven questions, are used to measure overall risk of burnout. The proportion of trainees measured to be at a high or moderate risk of burnout (63%) is a slight decline from 2023, similar to the levels seen in 2022. Half of all trainers (50% ↓2pp) are measured to be at high or moderate risk of burnout. Figure 10: Trainees and trainers – Calculated risk of burnout 2019– 2024 ...
