GMC Contract Award: PSA Style Audit of FTP Cases 2026

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Published March 11th, 2026

Detected March 11th, 2026

Summary

The General Medical Council (GMC) has awarded a contract valued at £36,000 to Nine Chambers for a PSA Style Audit of FTP Cases in 2026. The audit will review the GMC's fitness to practise directorate against Professional Standards Authority standards.

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This notice details a contract awarded by the General Medical Council (GMC) to Nine Chambers for a 'PSA Style Audit of FTP Cases 2026'. The contract value is £36,000 (including VAT) and is scheduled to run from March 9, 2026, to June 1, 2026. The audit's scope includes reviewing the quality and timeliness of decision-making within the GMC's fitness to practise directorate, specifically concerning enquiries and cases, against the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Standards of Good Regulation.

This is a procurement notice for legal services, not a regulatory change impacting broader compliance obligations for regulated entities. The GMC is procuring these services to assess its own internal processes. No direct actions are required from external parties based on this notice, other than potential awareness for legal professionals or firms interested in similar audit work or contracting with public authorities in the UK.

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PSA Style Audit of FTP Cases 2026

General Medical Council (GMC) UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-021716

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-066720

Published 11 March 2026, 12:14pm

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Description

The purpose of the audit is to review the performance of the fitness to practise directorate of the GMC against the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Fitness to Practise Standards of Good Regulation.

Any barrister who has substantive experience of undertaking work on behalf of the GMC. We are happy for you to propose the number and names of the barristers who will undertake the work.

There will be 70 files to review in total - Enquiries and Cases.

Enquiries are complaints or referrals we have received. The audit is of the quality of the decision making at that stage of our process. The barrister will be asked to review the file and complete and return a pro-forma for each Enquiry they review.

Cases are complaints or referrals we have opened for investigation. The audit is of the quality and timeliness of our investigation. The barrister will be asked to review the file and complete and return a pro-forma for each Case they review.

We propose to allow 8 weeks for completion of the work from the date the induction is provided.