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General Medical Council (GMC)

The General Medical Council regulates doctors, anaesthesia associates (AAs) and physician associates (PAs) in the United Kingdom. They set standards, hold a register, quality assure education and investigate complaints.

The GMC began to regulate PAs and AAs from 13 December 2024. This change was introduced through legislation called the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order (AA and PA Order). The decision to regulate AAs and PAs was made by the Government.

How we oversee the General Medical Council

We review the performance of the General Medical Council each year. We give our report to Parliament and publish our report on our website. We also review every decision made by the regulator's final fitness to practise panels. We include recent cases on this page. See more cases.

Read our latest performance review for the GMC. For 2023/24, it is one of our longer, more detailed periodic reviews or see a summary in our snapshot.

Latest Performance Reviews

Periodic Review - GMC 2023/24

We publish our latest performance review report for the General Medical Council

Read a summary

Read a summary of our key findings and areas for improvement in our snapshot.

Recent cases

This page is being updated. Please contact us if you want information about a particular case.

Recent appeal decisions