About Doctor Pathways

Doctor Pathways publishes admin guides for South African-qualified doctors who want to register with a medical regulator in another country. The first guide covers full registration with the UK's General Medical Council (GMC).

Who writes the guides

The guides are researched and written by a small independent team from the regulators' own published pages. They are not written or reviewed by an immigration adviser, lawyer or regulator, and we don't claim any professional credentials. We don't use the name of any doctor, practice or recruiter to endorse this site.

How we check facts

• Fees, deadlines and rules are taken from official sources only: the regulator's website, its published forms and guidance, and government gazettes. Each guide links to them.
• Each guide shows the date it was last checked. Dates are in South African time (SAST).
• When an official page wasn't available, or a rule isn't published, the guide says it is unconfirmed rather than guessing.
• Fees change, usually every year. Always check the current figure on the official page or in your regulator account before you pay.

Disclaimer

General information only. Nothing on this site is immigration, legal, financial or career advice, and it doesn't create any adviser relationship. The GMC, the HPCSA and every other regulator decide each application on its own facts, and their rules and fees change without notice to us. The GMC also warns doctors not to rely on third parties to confirm whether a qualification is acceptable.

Before you apply, book a test, pay a fee or resign from a post, check the official sources linked in each guide and your own regulator account. For visas and immigration, use the official government website of the country concerned or a regulated immigration adviser.

Independent. Doctor Pathways is not affiliated with, endorsed by or paid by the General Medical Council (GMC), the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), ECFMG/Intealth, IELTS, OET, any recruiter, employer or government body. Names of organisations are used only to describe their published processes.

No liability. We work to keep the guides accurate, but we can't guarantee that they are complete or current. Use them at your own risk.

Corrections

If you spot something that's out of date, compare it with the official source linked in the guide. The official source always wins.