INSETS: GMC: good medical practice guidance about complaints;GMC: duties of a doctor.Wynne-Jones, MelaniePulse
The General Medical Council regulates doctors in the UK and can stop or limit their rights to practise. In 2013 there were more than 8,500 complaints about doctors to the GMC, of which just over 3,000 went on to be investigated. About 80 doctors a year are suspended or erased from the...
If the complaint is serious, the divisional lead, the medical director, or the legal department need to be informed. Occasionally your defence organisations or other bodies (GMC, BMA, or Head of School, Training Programme Director and Educational Supervisor for trainees) may need to know. Inform...