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The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom.Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary.
PLAB is a two part assessment that overseas doctors (or international medical graduates), from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, usually need to pass before they can legally practise medicine in the UK. [1] It is conducted by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. The test is designed to assess the depth of ...
Selection consists of a long-list and a short-list. To be eligible for long-listing a candidate must hold a recognised primary medical qualification, to be registered with the General Medical Council and to have membership of a suitable medical defence organisation such as MPS (Medical Protection Society). Further details can be found on the ...
This certificate is awarded by the General Medical Council (GMC), a self-funding statutory body independent of the government and the Royal Colleges of the various medical specialties. The GMC took on its role on 1 April 2010 following its merger with the former Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board.
The work of the HCPC and other health professions regulators in the UK (the General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council, etc.) is overseen by the Professional Standards Authority. On 2 December 2019, the regulation of social workers in England was transferred to a new body, Social Work England. [10]
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The GMC asked Professor Aneez Esmail to carry out an independent review of the MRCGP exam which was published in September 2013. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] In October 2013 legal action taken by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) led to a judicial review being granted to review the fairness of the CSA assessment, although the ...
The Medical Training Application Service (MTAS, pronounced em-tass) was an on-line application system set up under the auspices of Modernising Medical Careers in 2007 and used for the selection of Foundation House Officers and Specialty Registrars, and allocating them to jobs in the UK. [1]