# Doctor Support Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: British Medical Association
- Award value: £206,000
- Tender value: £206,000
- Award date: 26 April 2021
- Published: 11 October 2021
- Contract start: 1 May 2021
- Contract end: 30 April 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2a13aa32-4b90-411e-9172-3c9c5e3e6208-475822
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d9e2b35d-8093-4a81-b902-aef701d7050f

## 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

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2a13aa32-4b90-411e-9172-3c9c5e3e6208-475822)