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General Medical Council: Complaints

Asked by Dr Kieran MullanConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94797

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for professional complaints to the General Medical Council.

Answered by Karin Smyth

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not made an assessment of the reasons for professional complaints to the General Medical Council (GMC).

The GMC is the regulator of all medical doctors, physician assistants, and physician assistants in anaesthesia, still legally known as anaesthesia associates and physician associates, practising in the United Kingdom. The GMC is independent of the Government, is directly accountable to Parliament, and is responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties.

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