Registration and licensing

All doctors must be registered with a licence to practise before they work in the UK. Here you can search or join the registers, manage your registration or find information about registrations.

About the medical register


Search for a doctor

You can search the registration status of all doctors in the UK.


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Join our registers

Get all the advice, applications and support you need to join our Medical, GP or Specialist Registers.

How to join the register

Quick links:


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Manage your registration

Understand your role in your revalidation and see how you manage your registration and licence quickly using GMC Online.

Managing your registration

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Information for employers, medical schools and other organisations

Understand the key role you can play in making sure all doctors maintain their standards by checking they are appropriately registered.