General Medical Council (UK)

The General Medical Council (or GMC) is the United Kingdom's professional body for registering, licensing and investigating UK doctors. All UK doctors must be on the GMC's medical register to legally practice medicine in the UK, this includes pediatricians, general practitioners and psychiatrists (but not psychologists). The vast majority of UK doctors are employed by the NHS.

GMC and ME/CFS

A number of doctors have been investigated by the GMC for their clinical work, research or other professional matters in relation to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Doctors known to have been investigated as a result of complaints by patients with ME/CFS include:

• Alan Stanton

Other notable ME/CFS doctors investigated include:

• Sarah Myhill
• Nigel Speight, for reasons never made public

GMC PACE trial investigation

Dr Sarah Myhill filed a complaint with the GMC about a number of doctors who were involved in the PACE trial. The GMC initially refused to investigate, but is currently reconsidering after an appeal by Dr Myhill.

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See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

See chronic fatigue syndrome.

PACE trial A controversial study which claimed that CBT and GET were effective in treating "CFS/ME", despite the fact that its own data did not support this conclusion. Its results and methodology were widely disputed by patients, scientists, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature.