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Overseas GP recruitment: comparing international GP training with the UK and ensuring that registration standards and patient safety are maintained

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Background
Ambitious overseas recruitment targets have been set by the UK government to help alleviate the current GP shortage. European Economic Area (EEA) doctors can join the UK’s GP register under European law. Non-EEA doctors must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), demonstrating equivalence to UK-trained doctors. CEGPR applications can be time-consuming and burdensome. To meet overseas recruitment targets, it is important to facilitate the most efficient route into UK general practice while maintaining registration standards and patient safety.

Conclusion
Implementing this systematic methodology for mapping GP training between countries may support the UK’s ambitions to recruit more GPs, and alleviate current GP workforce pressures.

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Published: July, 2019. Journal Article.

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Contributed by: WE-R NHS (Workforce and Education Research NHS)
Authored by: Emily Fletcher, University of Exeter Medical School, Research Fellow
Anna Sansom, University of Exeter Medical School, Research Fellow
John Campbell, University of Exeter Medical School, Professor of General Practice & primary Care
Kamila Hawthorne, RCGP, Vice Chair
Adrian Freeman, University of Exeter Medical School, Professor of Medical Education
Gerens Curnow, University of Exeter Medical School, Medical Student
Emma Pitchforth, University of Exeter Medical School, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow
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Last updated: 30 April 2024
First contributed: 02 August 2023
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