Regent's Place
350 Euston Road
London
NW1 3JN

Tel: 0845 357 3456 (General enquiries including registration)
Tel: 0845 357 8001 (Switchboard)
E-mail: gmc@gmc-uk.org (General enquiries)
Website: www.gmc-uk.org

Description:
Licensing body for doctors.

Aims:
To license doctors to practise medicine in the UK.

Activities:
The Council has four main functions:

• Keeping up-to-date registers of qualified doctors.
• Fostering good medical practice.
• Promoting high standards of medical education.
• Dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt.

Other services include:

• Protecting the public: the Council have strong and effective legal powers designed to maintain the standards the public have a right to expect of doctors. They are not there to protect the medical profession - their interests are protected by others. The Council's job is to protect patients.
• Medical register: which is held on computer and updated daily. Health authorities and others use it regularly to check a doctor's registration details. Its purpose is to show who is properly qualified to practise medicine or surgery. Anyone can obtain up-to-date details of a doctor's registration by contacting the General Medical Council.

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