{"title":"Doctors and the General Medical Council (GMC)","authors":"A. Smajdor, J. Herring, R. Wheeler","doi":"10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the role of the General Medical Council. It explains the importance of the register and the licence to practice. It also considers how doctors can be removed from the register or have restrictions on their licence to practice. It discusses how the General Medical Council promotes candour in the profession and investigates concerns about doctors.","PeriodicalId":415921,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","volume":"203 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0019","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter explores the role of the General Medical Council. It explains the importance of the register and the licence to practice. It also considers how doctors can be removed from the register or have restrictions on their licence to practice. It discusses how the General Medical Council promotes candour in the profession and investigates concerns about doctors.