Medical Practitioner
- Regulators
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- General Medical Council
- Nations
- United Kingdom
- Sectors
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- Health and care
Regulatory or professional bodies
Primary regulator
- Regulatory authority
- General Medical Council
- Address
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350 Euston Road
London
NW1 3JN - Email address
- gmc@gmc-uk.org
- Website
- https://www.gmc-uk.org
- Phone number
- +44 (0)1619 236 602
Regulation
Regulation summary
We work with doctors, physician associates (PAs), anaesthesia associates (AAs), those they care for and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors, PAs, AAs and their educators need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in doctors, PAs, or AAs may be at risk, we can investigate, and take action if needed.
Regulation type
Reserved activities
To practise medicine in the UK you need to hold registration with a licence to practise.
- More about regulated activities and titles
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why
Qualifications and experience
New professionals
- Routes to qualification
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Before you become a UK doctor you first have to obtain a degree in medicine from a medical school whose medical degrees we accept. Courses normally last five years, or four years for a graduate entry programme. They involve basic medical sciences as well as clinical training on the wards.
After graduation, you'll enter the two-year Foundation Programme. You'll be provisionally registered with a licence to practise while completing the first year. Full registration is awarded when you've completed year one.
- More about qualification
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/becoming-a-doctor-in-the-uk
Professionals from outside the UK
- Recognition for professionals outside the UK
- All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
- Summary of routes
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For full details of how to join the medical register, use the route finder (link below).
- More about recognition for professionals outside the UK
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register/registration-applications/application-registration/
Registration
- Registration requirements
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https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register
- More about registration
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-the-register
Legislation
- Title of relevant act or charter
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Medical Act 1983
- Website link to legislation
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/contents