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The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom.Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary.
After completing the social service, a doctor obtains a "medical registration" at the governor's office (Gobernación) of the Department (province/state) where they served the obligatory term. This registration is the same as a license in other countries, and authorizes the physician to practice medicine anywhere in the national territory.
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB, also PGME) was the non-departmental public body responsible for postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom (UK). [1] The General Medical Council (GMC) took over the functions of PMETB on 1 April 2010 when the two organisations merged.
PLAB is a two part assessment that overseas doctors (or international medical graduates), from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, usually need to pass before they can legally practise medicine in the UK. [1] It is conducted by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. The test is designed to assess the depth of ...
The 1950 Medical Act, championed by GMC Registrar Michael Heseltine, introduced disciplinary boards and a right of appeal to the General Medical Council. It formally renamed the council to the name that had informally been used for some time: the General Medical Council. [ 3 ]
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It was established in 1997. The college is affiliated with Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Dehradun. Also known as GMC Haldwani, it is one of the fast-growing residential and co-educational medical colleges in India. It is recognised by the Medical Council of India and Government of India. [1]
The Medical Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90), passed in 1858, [2] established the General Council of Medical Education & Registration of the United Kingdom, now known as the GMC. It stated that under the Poor Law system boards of guardians could only employ those qualified in medicine and surgery as Poor Law doctors. [3]