Number of Certificates of Good Standing
Dear General Medical Council,
I would like to formally request the number of Certificates of Good Standings that were issued in each year from 2013 to 2019 inclusive.
I would like to know the following information:
1) numbers requested for the above time period
2) the breakdown of the doctors level of expertise making them, ie GP Register, Specialty Register
3) the breakdown by country issued to
4) the breakdown by country of PMQ
5) the split by year of doctors issued certificates who are still connected to a designated body
Yours faithfully,
S McQueen
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Dear S McQueen,
Your information request - IR1-2610012832
Thank you for your email dated 6 February, in which you ask for the number
of certificates of good standings that were issued in each year from 2013
to 2019.
How we will consider your request
We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Who to contact
Sadie Jones will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call her on 0161 250 6889 or email her at [1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[2][email address]
0161 240 8356
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear S McQueen
Your information access request - IR1-2610012832
Thank you for your email dated 6 February. I’ve considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). I’m sorry for the delay
in providing this response and any inconvenience caused.
Please see the attached spreadsheet with the requested information. The
tables shows the information on Certificate of Current Professional
Standing (CCPS), sometimes known as a Certificate of Good Standing (CGS),
issued from the years 2013 to 2019. Please note that some doctors have
made more than one CCPS request during this time period and therefore the
number of CCPS’s issued will not match the number of doctors who have
requested one.
Who to contact
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.
Yours sincerely
Sadie Jones
Information Access Officer
[1][email address]
0161 250 6889
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
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