Activities and powers ĭue to the principle of autonomy and law of consent there is no legislative restriction on who can treat patients or provide medical or health-related services. Thirdly, the GMC is responsible for a licensing and revalidation system for all practising doctors in the UK, separate from the registration system, on 3 December 2012. Since 2010, it has also regulated postgraduate medical education. Secondly, the GMC regulates and sets the standards for medical schools in the UK, and liaises with other nations' medical and university regulatory bodies over medical schools overseas, leading to some qualifications being mutually recognised. The Medical Act 1983 (amended) notes that, "The main objective of the General Council in exercising their functions is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public." The GMC controls entry to the List of Registered Medical Practitioners ("the medical register"). Initially its members were elected by the members of the profession, and enjoyed widespread confidence from the profession.Īll the GMC's functions derive from a statutory requirement for the establishment and maintenance of a register, which is the definitive list of doctors as provisionally or fully "registered medical practitioners", within the public sector in Britain.
The Medical Act 1858 established the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom as a statutory body. Main article: History of medical regulation in the United Kingdom
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