Doctors

This free workshop is designed to support doctors new to the UK. Adapting to UK practice can be difficult for any doctor, regardless of where you're from or how experienced you are.
This course offers practical advice, and explore different ethical scenarios that you may encounter. And you will learn more about our key standards and guidance.

If you have never worked in the NHS before, or feel you don’t understand how it works, this is a great starting point.

The Knowledge and Library service provide Information Skills training which can support CPD activity. We offer sessions in Evidence and Literature searching and Critical Appraisal training, contact us at bartshealth.library@nhs.net for more information.

This page describes what you need to know, depending on where you’ve trained, and signposts you to further information.

This applicant guide is intended to help you make the best possible applications, starting with your specialty choices and continuing through the entire application process.

The Certificate of Eligibility for GP Registration (CEGPR) is an alternative route to the GP Register if you are not eligible for a CCT but believe your training, qualifications and experience are equivalent.

The NHS GP International Induction Programme (IIP) provides a supported pathway for overseas qualified GPs to be inducted safely into NHS General Practice.

Here are the main things to be aware of if you are applying for a job with the NHS from overseas.

This covers help with GMC registration fees and costs of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test

This covers the steps to take in order to get a job as a doctor in the UK, as well as the BMA refugee doctor initiative

The Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit (RAGU) at London Metropolitan University provides specialist careers advice and guidance as well as employability training for all refugee health professionals.

The assessment methodology for GP recruitment in the UK is grounded in the context of contemporary UK General Practice. Any applicants who have limited or no experience of the UK NHS system may feel better prepared for the selection process if they learn more about the healthcare systems in the UK. With this in mind the GPNRO would recommend the links below as sources of reliable and appropriate information.

The guide provides advice for international medical and dental graduates considering the prospect of working or training in the UK and contains: information about the NHS England, details of the benefits of working in the UK, and information about registration and immigration requirements.

The Scotland Deanery welcomes doctors who have qualified outside the United Kingdom (UK) who wish to come to Scotland for postgraduate training. Each year doctors from all over the world come to the UK to train and work in NHS Scotland.

Soft landing wants to give all international medical graduate (IMG) Paediatricians the support we wish we had when we first arrived to work in the NHS from overseas. We are a voluntary non-profit organisation hoping to make your first landing in the UK that bit softer. Run by IMG Paediatricicans for IMG Paediatricians. Check out our free courses and sign up for our newsletter.