The UK Route for Internationally-Qualified Doctors
A free, plain-English guide to registering with the UK General Medical Council (GMC): the PLAB assessment, GMC registration, the English-language evidence you need, and specialty notes for four shortage areas. Every figure is sourced and dated.
Last updated 2026-07-11
This is information only, for internationally-qualified doctors who, of their own accord, want to understand the UK registration route. GeraClinic (Gera Services Ltd) is a telemedicine platform, not a recruitment agency: we do not place doctors into UK jobs, we do not actively recruit from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List (which includes Pakistan and Bangladesh), and we never charge you a fee for finding work.
Guides in this cluster
PLAB 1: format, dates, cost and how to bookPLAB 2: the OSCE, the Manchester venue, cost and bookingGMC registration: routes, documents and feesGMC English-language requirements: IELTS, OET and exemptionsUK psychiatry: MRCPsych and why it is in demandUK radiology: FRCR and the radiologist shortageUK histopathology: FRCPath and the pathology shortageUK emergency medicine: MRCEM/FRCEM and demand