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Dear Miss India

Your information request - IR1-3237865455

Thank you for your email dated 14 October 2021, in which you ask for
advice on the moral and ethical standard checks that are done on migrant
doctors from India to practice as GP’s in the UK.  

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

Charlotte Lund will be handling your request. If you have any questions,
you can email Charlotte at [1][email address].

Yours sincerely

Remi Owolabi

Information Access Officer

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester M3 3AW

Email: [2][email address]

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Dear Miss India

Your information access request - IR1-3237865455

I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

You asked for information on the moral and ethical standard checks carried
out on Migrant doctors from India to practice as GPs in the UK.

The moral and ethical checks that are carried out are:

Providing the GMC with a Certificate of good standing as evidence that the
applicant is fit to practise as a doctor in the UK.

Providing the GMC with the activities of the applicant for the last 5
years

Applicant to declare their fitness to practise

You can find out further information on the below link. This is a guide
for international medical graduates [1]Full registration for international
medical graduates - GMC (gmc-uk.org)

Who to contact

I hope you find this information useful. If you have any further queries
about this, please contact our standards team at [2][email address],
or if you would like information regarding applying to the register please
contact, [3][email address]. 

If you have any concerns about the way I’ve handled your request, please
set out your reasons in writing to [4][GMC request email]

Yours sincerely

Charlotte

Charlotte Lund

Information Access Officer

General Medical Council, 3 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3AW

Website: www.gmc-uk.org

Email: [email address]

Telephone: 0161 250 6938 (ext 6938)

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Dear Miss India,

I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

All the information you have requested can be found on the GMC website, by
using the website search function will help with navigating. One
particular page that may be of interest it
[1]https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-...

I have also directed you to some other specific pages where the answers to
the points you have raised can be found.

Certificate of good standing

Certificates of good standing are only valid for three months from the
date that they are issued. The list of organisations around the world who
can issue a certificate of good standing can be found at
[2]https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-...

Doctor are asked to list any countries where they practised or held
registration or a licence to practise in the last five years. A
certificate of good standing is required from all of the countries within
that time frame. The certificate must:

o cover all of the work in that country/state
o confirm that they were entitled to practise medicine in that country 
o confirm that they have not been disqualified, suspended or prohibited
from practising medicine 
o confirm that the regulatory authority is not aware of any matters that
call into question their good standing.

Information about certificates of good standing can be found at
[3]https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-....

Other activities and fitness to practise

As part of the application, the activities that the applicant provides of
the last five years include:

o health conditions
o cautions and convictions
o fixed penalty notices and penalty notices for disorder
o action taken against you by a medical school or employer
o clinical negligence and medical negligence claims.

The applicant self-declares their activities and fitness to practise.

More details about this can be found at
[4]https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-....

Depending on what the applicant declares in their application, further
information/documents may be requested. The answers given at this stage of
the application are valid for three months. If the application takes more
than three months to complete, the application will be asked to answer the
questions again.

Applicants are asked to make a declaration that the information they have
provided is true.  The GMC’s core guidance [5]good medical practice
includes standards of honesty and integrity, that applicants should follow
in their application and beyond.

When an application is submitted, the GMC will carry out verification
check to make sure the evidence is genuine. Further information can be
found at
[6]https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-...

Who to contact

I hope you find this information useful. If you have any further queries
about this, please contact our standards team at [7][email address],
or if you would like information regarding applying to the register please
contact, [8][email address]. 

If you have any concerns about the way I’ve handled your request, please
set out your reasons in writing to [9][GMC request email]

Yours sincerely

Charlotte

Charlotte Lund

Information Access Officer

General Medical Council, 3 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3AW

Website: www.gmc-uk.org

Email: [email address]

Telephone: 0161 250 6938 (ext 6938)

Working with doctors Working for patients

The General Medical Council helps to protect patients and improve medical
education and practice in the UK by setting standards for students and
doctors. We support them in achieving (and exceeding) those standards, and
take action when they are not met.

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