Medical Register

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The Medical Register is an official list of qualified medical practitioners in the United Kingdom, maintained to regulate and standardize the medical profession.

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Medical Register canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medical practitioner register
official register
professional regulatory instrument
access publicly accessible
contains details of doctors’ qualifications
details of doctors’ specialties
information on doctors’ licensing history
names of qualified medical practitioners
registration status of doctors
country United Kingdom
ensures only registered doctors can legally practise medicine in the United Kingdom
format official list
online database
governedBy General Medical Council rules
UK medical legislation
historicalRole central tool in the professionalization of medicine in the United Kingdom
includes UK-trained doctors
international medical graduates licensed in the United Kingdom
language English
legalRequirementForInclusion holding a licence to practise medicine in the United Kingdom
legalStatus statutory register
maintainedBy General Medical Council
purpose list qualified medical practitioners
regulate the medical profession
standardize the medical profession
regulates doctors in the United Kingdom
medical practitioners in the United Kingdom
relatedTo General Medical Council
surface form: General Medical Council register

fitness to practise procedures
licence to practise medicine in the United Kingdom
medical professional standards in the United Kingdom
scope England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
sector healthcare regulation
supports patient safety
professional accountability
quality assurance in medical practice
updatedBy General Medical Council administrative processes
updatedWhen when doctors join the profession
when doctors leave the profession
when doctors’ registration status changes
usedBy employers of doctors in the United Kingdom
medical regulators in the United Kingdom
patients seeking information about doctors
verificationFunction verify a doctor’s right to practise in the United Kingdom

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Medical Act 1858 created Medical Register
Medical Act 1858 established Medical Register