Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Registration and licensing

This section contains information about the medical register, and advice for doctors and employers on registration and licensing issues.

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Apply for registration with a licence to practise, or apply to relinquish your registration or your licence to practise

For all registration and licence to practise applications, including how to apply for registration with a licence to practise, apply to relinquish your licence to practise, apply for voluntary erasure from the Register.

Licensing and revalidation

What is licensing? How do the new licensing arrangements work? What is the latest regarding plans to introduce revalidation?

Information for doctors already on the Register

Changes to your address or other personal details, the privileges and obligations of a doctor and more are in this section.

Check a doctor's registration

You can check a doctor's registration online, on the List of Registered Medical Practitioners.