Good Medical Practice (2006)

About Good Medical Practice

Good Medical Practice sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded; these principles together describe medical professionalism in action. The guidance is addressed to doctors, but it is also intended to let the public know what they can expect from doctors.

We have provided links to other guidance and information which illustrate how the principles in Good Medical Practice apply in practice, and how they may be interpreted in other contexts; for example, in undergraduate education, in revalidation, or in our consideration of a doctor's conduct, performance or health through our fitness to practise procedures. There are links to:

• supplementary guidance and other information from the GMC
• cases heard by GMC fitness to practise panels, which provide examples of where a failure to follow the guidance in Good Medical Practice has put a doctor's registration at risk
• external (non-GMC) sources of advice and information.

Using Good Medical Practice on-line

• To read the guidance as it appears in the print version, you can use the navigation arrows at the bottom of the page. Begin reading.
• For an overview of Good Medical Practice you can use the contents page.
• You can use the links in the boxes on the right to access ‘Further GMC guidance’ and ‘External web links’. Where a link refers to a specific paragraph or bullet point, this is indicated using square brackets (for example [4d] Consent guidance).
• You can search all our current ethical guidance, including Good Medical Practice, using our A-Z of Ethical Guidance.

 

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