Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) application in a Non-CCT specialty

This guide is for doctors looking to join the Specialist Register but haven’t completed a GMC approved programme.

If you are able to show that you have knowledge, skills and experience equivalent to a consultant in any UK health service, this guide explains how you may be able to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration in a non-CCT specialty.

It sets out how to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR).

Once you open your application, you will have 12 months to submit it to us. You'll need to prepare evidence before submitting your application. Gathering evidence for a CESR application is a large undertaking, so it is important than you plan this. Once your application is submitted; it can take between three and six months to process.

We’ve created this guide to show the different steps in the application process. It’s really important you read this guide thoroughly to assist you in making your application.

To help support you, we’ve also created a GMC Online user guide that shows the steps you will go through in the online application in GMC Online.

We’ve also created an application and evidence guide which sets out how to organise your evidence.