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Dear General Medical Council,
I would like you to answer me in the following question:
If an international Medical University had graduates already registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) previously, is the registration of subsequent graduates guaranteed from the specific university?
Yours sincerely,
Effrosyni Flamouraki
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Dear Effrosyni Flamouraki,
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Dear Effrosyni Flamouraki
Your information access request IR1-4411873699
Thank you for your email of 15 May asking whether, if an international
Medical University had graduates already registered with the General
Medical Council (GMC) previously, the registration of subsequent graduates
is guaranteed from the specific university. I’ve considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
You can find information on acceptable overseas qualifications here:
[1]Acceptable overseas qualifications - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
If an institution is on the “Overseas medical qualifications we may
accept” list, then we may have registered graduates from that institution
in the past. However, the registration of graduates from these
institutions is not guaranteed. Registration applications are considered
on a case-by-case basis. You can find the list of overseas medical
qualifications that we may accept here: [2]Overseas medical qualifications
we may accept - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
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Yours sincerely
Edd Mustill
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
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Dear Effrosyni Flamouraki,
Your information request – IR1-4411873699
Thank you for your Email below received 15^th May 2024.
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Yours Sincerely,
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
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