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Email: [GMC request email]

Dear Andres Herane-Vives

Your information request – IR1-3660069232

Thank you for your email dated 23 August 2022, asking for information on doctors and consultants.

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
Hanna Peers will be handling your request. If you have any questions you can call them on 0161 923 6403 or email them at [email address].

Yours sincerely
Selen Shah
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW

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Dear Mr Herane-Vives

Your information access request IR1-3660069232

Thank you for your email dated 23 August 2022 asking for the definition of
a Specialty doctor and the differences between their job and consultants.

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

I’ve attached a PDF which provides definitions for both Specialty doctors
and Consultants and outlines the key differences between their roles.

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

Hanna

Hanna Peers

Information Access Officer

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

[1]www.gmc-uk.org

[2][email address]

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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Dear Mr Herane-Vives,

A Specialty Doctor is a new title for senior, career grade doctors working in hospitals in the UK NHS. The previous grades of Staff Grade and Associate Specialist were subsumed into this new grade when it was introduced in 2008. The specialty doctor post is where a doctor has at least four years of postgraduate training, two of those being in a relevant specialty. Further information about Specialty doctors and the difference between them and consultants is outlined in the PDF I provided to you.

Yours sincerely,

Hanna

Hanna Peers
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
www.gmc-uk.org
[email address]

Please note that Wednesday is my non-working day.

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Dear Andres Herane-Vives,

Your information request - IR1-3690798751

Thank you for your email dated 20^th September 2022. This has been passed
to the Information Access Team for us to respond to.

How we will consider your request

You’ve asked that we 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?

Hanna Peers will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can contact her via email at [1][email address].

Yours sincerely,

Alex Mason

Information Access Administrator

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester M3 3AW

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Dear Dr Herane-Vives

Your information access request

Thank you for your email dated 20 September 2022, where you request the
following:

 1. The rationality behind only considering up to 2 years of non-EEA
medical speciality training but rejecting to consider the whole
qualification;
 2. The Act or Regulation that entitles us to do this; and
 3. Whether we have thought this might be direct discrimination.

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

I am afraid that we do not hold any information that would allow us to
answer the above questions. Further, please note that the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) only entitles you to information that we hold
and not that we produce new information to respond to your request.

For any general queries please see: [1]www.gmc-uk.org/

Your right to appeal

I'm sorry I couldn’t provide the information you requested. If you would
like to appeal this decision please set out your reasons in writing to
[2][GMC request email]. Please note that we will only usually consider appeals
received within 40 working days of our response. You can also appeal to
the [3]Information Commissioner, the regulator of the FOIA and DPA at:

Customer Contact

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Yours sincerely

Remi Owolabi (she/her)

Information Access Officer

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester M3 3AW

Email: [4][email address]

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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