Good Medical Practice (GMP) – GMC Code of Conduct for Doctors

GMP Good Medical PracticeGood Medical Practice (GMP) – Doctors and the GMC Code of Conduct

The GMC code of conduct for doctors is called Good Medical Practice. Also abbreviated to ‘GMP’.

View the latest copy here: GMC Good Medical Practice  (from 30 January 2024) – (GMC Publications).

Previous Versions of GMP:

GMC Good Medical Practice 2013 to 29 January 2024

GMC Good Medical Practice 2006 to 2013

GMC Good Medical Practice 2001 to 2006

GMC Good Medical Practice 1998 to 2001

Case Law on Good Medical Practice

British Medical Association, R (On the Application Of) v General Medical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 143 Appeal unsuccesful in the GMC’s use of the collective term ‘medical professsionals’ to include Physician Assistants and Anaesthetic Assistants, not merely doctors. (20 February 2026)

For guidance on the application and scope of the Code of Conduct for doctors (Good Medical Practice), call Doctors Defence Service in strict confidence.