The General Medical Council (GMC) is the statutory regulator of doctors in the UK. It holds the medical register, grants registration and the licence to practise, maintains the Specialist and GP Registers, and sets the standards doctors must meet. A doctor’s registration status, licence, register entries and any conditions or sanctions are publicly checkable on the GMC register — the authoritative way to confirm a doctor is permitted to practise.
Sources & verification
- The GMC holds the medical register, grants the licence to practise, and maintains the Specialist and GP Registers; status is checkable on the GMC register — source, verified 2026-06-09
Verified reference information — not professional, medical, legal or careers advice. Regulations change; always check the cited primary source before relying on it.