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<p>The Government has no plans to review the funding process for the General Medical
Council (GMC).</p><p> </p><p>The GMC is the independent regulator of medical doctors
in the United Kingdom and sets standards for doctors, provides support to achieve
them and takes action when they are not met. Government guidance is clear that payments
for licences awarded by statutory regulators are justified in the wider public interest,
not because they provide a direct beneficial service to those who pay them. It is
right that the cost of regulation is met by those professionals who are regulated.</p>
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