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GP registration for doctors who hold full registration

This page is for doctors who hold full registration and want to join the GP Register.

You must hold full registration to be on the GP Register. If you do not hold full registration, but are a qualified GP, you should find the right guidance for you in our applying to join the register section (opens in a new window). This will tell you how to apply for GP registration at the same time as you apply for full registration.

You can check to see if you are on the GP Register by looking online at the List of Registered Medical Practitioners (LRMP) (opens in a new window).

I achieved my GP qualification in the UK
I achieved my GP qualification in an EEA Member State or Switzerland
I achieved my GP qualification outside of the UK and the EEA or Switzerland

1. I achieved my GP qualification in the UK

If you completed your GP training after 31 March 2006, you will have been automatically added to the GP Register.

If you completed your training between 30 September 2005 and 31 March 2006, you will have been issued with a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) by PMETB. Please complete the GP registration application form and send it to us with your CCT.

If you completed your training before 30 September 2005, you may have been issued a certificate by JCPTGP. If you hold a certificate issued by JCPTGP, please complete the GP registration application form and send it to us with your certificate.

If you completed your training before 30 September 2005 and do not hold a certificate issued by JCPTGP, you may be eligible for GP registration by acquired rights. Please download the GP registration application form which sets out the different ways in which you may be eligible, and the evidence we require you to send to us.

If you have completed your GP training in the UK and none of the above applies to you, then you may be required to have your eligibility assessed by PMETB (opens in a new window).

2. I achieved my GP qualification in an EEA Member State or Switzerland

If you achieved your GP qualification in an EEA Member State and want to work in the UK as a GP, you should log in to MyGMC and make your application to join the GP register in the My Registration section.

In most cases we will ask you for a certificate from the competent authority in the country where you qualified, to prove that your qualification complies with the standards of the Directive. If your qualification does not comply with the Directive you will be required to have your eligibility assessed by PMETB (opens in a new window).

MyGMC

If you already have a MyGMC account, you can log in here and make your application in the My Registration section.

New users

If you have a GMC reference number, but have never logged into MyGMC and do not have log in details, you can request them here.

Request log in details (opens in a new window).

3. I achieved my GP qualification outside of the UK and the EEA or Switzerland

You are required to have your eligibility to join the GP register assessed by PMETB or JCPTGP.
If you have been found eligible by PMETB after 31 March 2006, you will have been automatically added to the GP register.

If you were found eligible by PMETB between 30 September 2005 and 31 March 2006, you will have been issued with a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) by PMETB. Please complete the GP registration application form and send it to us with your CCT.

If you were found eligible by JCPTGP before 30 September 2005, you will have been issued a certificate. If you hold a certificate issued by JCPTGP, please complete the GP registration application form and send it to us with your certificate.

If you have completed your GP training outside of the UK and the EEA or Switzerland and none of the above applies to you, then you may be required to have your eligibility assessed by PMETB (opens in a new window).

Download the GP registration application form (151kb, pdf)