Useful links and information

• General Medical Council

Web address: http://www.gmc-uk.org/

Email: registrationhelp@gmc-uk.org

Telephone +44 (0) 8453 573456

London office:

Regent’s Place

350 Euston Road

London 

NW1 3JN

 

• Information about work permits

For accurate information about working in the UK, visit the British Home Office website for purpose  http://www.workingintheuk.gov.uk 

For more information about the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, please see http://www.workingintheuk.gov.uk/working_in_the_uk/en/homepage/schemes_and_programmes/hsmp.html 

Doctors from EU accession states, please read about the Worker registration scheme 

• Medical indemnity insurance

The 2 main insurance companies for professional indemnity insurance in the UK are:

The Medical Defence Union www.the-mdu.com 

The Medical Protection Society www.medicalprotection.org/medical/united_kingdom/ 

We recently learnt that policies from outside the UK often do NOT give you adequate cover as court settlements, including legal fees, can easily be over £1million. We recommend that our doctors get British insurance from a reputable source.

 

• Learn medical English in Poland

  In the interest of good medical practice and patient safety, hospitals are required to ensure that spoken and written English are of a very high standard, even for EU nationals. Good conversational English is sometimes not good enough to be successful in an interview situation. We cannot overemphasize the importance of good medical English, without it you would not be able to get a job. We usually recommend a medical English course. We have seen Multimed's course and can recommend it: www.multimed.edu.pl or nsjo@multimed.edu.pl

   

• British Council

The British Council was set up in 1934 to promote a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom abroad, to promote the knowledge of the English language, and to develop closer cultural relations between the United Kingdom and other countries. Please see www.britishcouncil.org. You can read about learning English in your country or in Britain, or how to take the IELTS test http://www.britcoun.org/learning-learn-english.htm

We recommend the IELTS test to all our doctors, as the concern we hear most about doctors from abroad, is their level of English. If you have a good IELTS score, you will stand a better chance to get a job in Britain.

 

• MoneyDoctor

  MoneyDoctor Financial Planning Ltd is an Independant Financial Adviser (IFA) providing specialist advice to medical practioners. This includes advice on mortgages, ISAs, loans, credit cards etc

  Web address: http://www.moneydr.co.uk

  Email: advice@moneydr.co.uk

  Telephone: 01527 68899

  Office:

  Bordesley Hall

  Alvechurch

  Birmingham

  B48 7QA

   

• Solomon's Independent Financial Advisers.

  Solomon's is a firm of Independent Financial Advisers. This site has been set up exclusively to help arrange mortgages for Doctors in the UK.

  Web address: http://www.doctorsmortgages.co.uk/ 

  Email: info@doctorsmortgages.co.uk 

  Telephone: 08000 73 62 73

  Office:

  Elm House
  35 Elm Road
  NEW MALDEN
  Surrey
  KT3 3HB

The information on this website is there to provide you with general information only. European Doctors & Nurses Ltd cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of any information or for the services provided by any of the above.