# Doctor Support Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Published: 10 February 2021
- Planned start: 1 May 2021
- Planned end: 30 April 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b74000dd-8f13-43b0-8926-ce67bd261c59-412306
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-998682c5-beda-42fa-a1c3-31d6fe363dc3

## Description

The aim of this requirement is to support:- Doctors currently subject to GMC fitness to practise process or policies \(ie\. investigation/monitoring/subject to publication policy\) or involved in a GMC process to remove their licence for non-engagement with revalidation\.- Doctors in the licence withdrawal process\.- Potentially provide a similar support service for physician associates \(PAs\) and anaesthesia associates \(AAs\) who may become subject to GMC fitness to practise investigation/monitoring if, as anticipated, we start to regulate both professions during the lifetime of the Doctor Support Service contract

## Related contract awards

- [Lay Advocacy Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-59035559-9d4d-4966-a7ad-917d81c2e1a7): General Medical Council \(GMC\)
- [Toxicology Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-63b13d2d-c216-48d6-a3a8-dd3a67306eea): General Medical Council \(GMC\)
- [Primary Source Verification for Overseas Doctors](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6fc38c8d-f182-4aa7-a7c9-d9e187a10d41): General Medical Council \(GMC\)

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b74000dd-8f13-43b0-8926-ce67bd261c59-412306)