Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Before you apply for registration with a licence to practise

This section is to help doctors applying to join our Register.

Please read the guidance in this section before you make your application.

General information about registration with a licence to practise

Find out here about

  • Why you need to register and hold a licence
  • Who can register
  • Different types of registration

Read general information about registration.

Guidance on your steps to registration with a licence to practise

In this website, you can find guidance on how to complete your application.

If you want to see guidance on how to apply, please visit our applications section.

You can find out how to apply for the PLAB test in our PLAB section.

Further information

If you want to read information about medical employment surveys conducted in the UK, please see our employment surveys section.

If you are an international medical graduate (IMG), you should read the guidance in our important information for IMGs section.

If you want to read about the quality of service you can expect from us, please see our service promise section.

When you have read this section