Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2024
General Medical Council (GMC)

Annual Report 2024

The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of doctors, physician associates and anaesthesia associates across the UK. In 2024, 185 MPTS tribunals were held and 67 doctors were removed from the medical register. An updated version of Good medical practice came into effect in January 2024, with stronger focus on behaviours, values and culture. The PSA noted improvements in fitness to practise timeliness. The disproportionality of employer fitness to practise referrals between ethnic minority and white doctors continued to narrow. Internationally qualified doctors' attainment gap in specialty training is also reducing.

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Doctor registration and revalidation; fitness to practise investigations (Triage, Investigation, Decision); MPTS tribunal service; Good medical practice standards; quality assurance of medical education and training; State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK annual report; outreach and engagement programme; EDI commitments; data and research (GMC Data Explorer); advocacy for patient safety and public confidence

📊Key Metrics

GMC regulates doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) across the UK; 185 Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) tribunals held in 2024; 67 doctors removed from register Key Metric 1
Fitness to practise timeliness improved in 2024; disproportionality in employer referral rates between ethnic minority and white doctors narrowed from 0.28% (2016-20) to 0.19% (2018-22); Good medical practice updated version came into effect January 2024 Key Metric 2
Outreach teams spoke to doctors across UK on Good medical practice application; EDI targets update published October 2024; PSA (Professional Standards Authority) noted improvements in fitness to practise timeliness and praised updated Good medical practice; 60% of 2023-24 UK medical school intake are increasingly diverse Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • PSA review noted improvements in fitness to practise timeliness; reduction in disproportionality of fitness to practise referrals by employer; narrowing of attainment gap in specialty training for internationally qualified doctors; improved ethnic minority representation in GMC's own workforce
  • Specialty training attainment gap between UK and internationally qualified doctors narrowing; new approach to cases with third-party investigations under review; Times investigation into overseas-restricted doctors prompted additional assurance process with all regulators; Good medical practice focused on behaviours, values, culture and leadership
  • Registered charity in England and Wales (1089278) and Scotland (SC037750); 2021-25 corporate strategy covers four themes; The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) is operationally independent; GMC regulates physician associates and anaesthesia associates in addition to doctors from 2024

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UK-Wide

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