A guide to our registers

We make sure that every doctor, physician associate (PA) and anaesthesia associate (AA) has the right knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience to work across the UK. We do this by maintaining official lists of these registered professionals.

We register doctors, PAs and AAs in the United Kingdom. You can search our registers to find a doctor, PA or AA and view their registration status and other useful information. 

When a doctor, PA or AA applies to register, we check they meet our requirements to work in the UK and deliver good, safe patient care.

To remain in practice doctors, PAs and AAs must continue to meet the professional standards we set, show that they are competent and show that they keep their knowledge and skills up to date.

Check the registration status of a doctor, PA or AA.

Why read this guide? 
To find out about the types of registration in the UK and how to search and update our registers.
Next steps
View our registers and search for a doctor, PA or AA.
  1. Summary
  2. What’s on our registers?
  3. Types of registration
  4. Checks for employers
  1. Unregistered practice
  2. Update our registers
  3. Find a record on our registers
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Search our registers Check a doctor's, PA's or AA's status on our registers.
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