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<p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent body and responsible for dealing
firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt. The information
in this response has been provided by the GMC.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the
numbers of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) and the number of investigations
resulting from those complaints in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the
number of GPs erased from the register in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table
1:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Complaints</strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>Investigations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All
Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All
Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>5,773</p></td><td><p>2,085</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,758</p></td><td><p>564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>7,153</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>8,781</p></td><td><p>3,291</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>10,347</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,708</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,939</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Table 2:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Erased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note</strong><strong>:</strong>The number
of complaints and investigations are directly related but the number of erasures are
not necessarily related or from the same cohort of cases that are received/investigated
for the same year given the timing of complaints and final hearings/appeals. Also
to note, the GMC changed the way it recorded enquiries in 2013. The GMC no longer
record notification around Performers Lists unless there is a wider fitness to practice
concern. The numbers are therefore not directly comparable to previous years.</p><p>
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