Information for doctors employers and other organisations
As an employer, you must make sure that doctors you employ have the appropriate registration and licence for their work.
Doctors’ employers, royal colleges and medical schools
Understand the key role you can play in making sure all doctors maintain their standards by checking they are appropriately registered.
Doctors’ employers
Find out what checks you need to make when employing or contracting with a doctor.
How to subscribe and download the register
Medical staffing officers use it to add the latest registration data to their personnel systems.
Royal colleges and medical schools
Help for royal colleges and faculties
Use GMC Connect to securely share certificates of completion of training, Portfolio pathway notifications and recommendations with us.
We have a number of guides to help you in your role of managing data for final year students and how to submit information to us.
We use GMC Connect to share information with royal colleges and UK medical schools to certify doctors for specialist and GP registration.
Referees and verifiers
Find out what you need to do if you have been asked to complete a structured report or verify evidence for a Portfolio pathway application.
If you're registered with us, we'll contact you using the details we hold in GMC Online (you can update these in GMC Online if you need to). Otherwise, we'll use the details the applicant has provided.
Portfolio pathway policies
These policies relate to the Portfolio pathway to specialist and GP registration and are reflected in the Speciality Specific Guidance for each specialty.
RSQ pathway policies
These policies relate to the Recognised Specialist Qualification pathway to specialist and GP registration.
