Useful links for refugee doctors
Updated November 2005
Please note that these links are to sites unrelated to the BMA. We can accept no responsibility for their content
- General information about working in the UK - go to this section
- Refugee organisations and projects - go to this section
- Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties - go to this section
- Postgraduate Deaneries - go to this section
BMA Guide for doctors new to the UK - information booklet providing a basic introduction to working in the UK.
BMJ Careers - for information on UK medical jobs and careers advice.
www.bmjcareers.com.
General Medical Council - the regulatory and disciplinary body of the UK medical profession.
www.gmc-uk.org
International Doctors' Induction Courses - courses designed to support international doctors new to working in the UK.
www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/doctors/services/international-doctors-induction-courses.aspx
National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education - provides information to overseas qualified doctors intending to train and study in the UK.
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nacpme
NHSU - provides information and advice on learning and development in health and social care.
www.nhsu.org.uk
ROSE - website aimed at supporting refugee and overseas qualified health professionals who are settled in the UK return to work in the health sector.
www.rose.nhs.uk
Refugee organisations and projects
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics - helps refugees who worked in academia in their home countries to re-qualify in the UK.
www.academic-refugees.org
Medact Refugee Network - network of health professionals working with refugees.
www.medact.org/ref_about_network.php
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum - delivers community development support, assistance and advice to migrant and refugee communities.
www.mrcf.org.uk
North Central London College - assists overseas doctors preparing for PLAB and can help them integrate into the NHS.
www.plabisgood4u.com
Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre for Healthcare Professionals and Education - assists refugee healthcare professionals to resume their careers in the UK.
www.reachenw.org/
Refugee and Overseas Qualified Doctors Programme - provides training for doctors who have settled status in the UK working towards registration with the GMC.
www.ichs.qmul.ac.uk/nhs/refugeedoctors/
Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit - supports refugees with high level education or professional qualifications into employment and education.
www.londonmet.ac.uk/ragu/
Refugee Council - largest organisation in the UK providing support and help to refugees and asylum seekers.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Refugee Education and Training Advisory Service - supports the social and economic development of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
www.education-action.org/retas.asp_ai=mission.htm
Refugees into Jobs - The London Borough of Brent has a programme of support to help overseas qualified doctors resume their careers in the UK.
www.brent.gov.uk/regen2.nsf/0/56268a32c377062380256e9a00596d11?OpenDocument
Refugee Women's Association - provides advice and guidance on education, training, employment, health and social care.
www.refugeewomen.org
Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership - provides a range of practical advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers.
www.reap.org.uk
Time Together - a scheme matching UK citizens in one-on-one mentoring relationships with refugees.
www.timetogether.org.uk
Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties (Royal Colleges)
The Royal Colleges are responsible for specialist training in the UK. They draw up criteria for training programmes and approve training posts.
Royal College of Anaesthetists
www.rcoa.ac.uk
Royal College of General Practitioners
www.rcgp.org.uk
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
www.rcog.org.uk
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
www.rcophth.ac.uk
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
www.rcpch.ac.uk
Royal College of Pathologists
www.rcpath.org
Royal College of Physicians
www.rcplondon.ac.uk
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
www.rcpsglasg.ac.uk
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
www.rcpe.ac.uk
Royal College of Psychiatrists
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Royal College of Radiologists
www.rcr.ac.uk
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
www.rcsed.ac.uk
Royal College of Surgeons of England
www.rcseng.ac.uk
Postgraduate Deaneries
A network of regional postgraduate deaneries are responsible for postgraduate medical training and education in their areas. Some postgraduate deaneries offer services to refugee doctors, however, this provision differs from area to area, but there is a designated individual within each deanery to help refugee doctors.
England
Eastern Deanery - Postgraduate training for doctors and dentists in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
www.easterndeanery.org
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Postgraduate Deanery - The KSS Deanery coordinates the delivery and funding of postgraduate medical and dental education in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
www.kssdeanery.ac.uk
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Postgraduate Deanery - The purpose of the Deanery is to promote the delivery of high quality patient care through the provision of a highly skilled medical workforce so that all doctors completing training in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland should be fit to practise, fit for purpose and able to adapt.
www.lnrdeanery.nhs.uk
London Deanery of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education - The London Deanery is responsible for postgraduate medical and dental training in North and South London.
www.londondeanery.ac.uk
Mersey Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education - Co-ordinates the delivery and funding of medical and dental education for Chester, Crewe, Liverpool, Macclesfield, St Helen & Knowsley, Sefton, Southport and Wirral.
www.merseydeanery.ac.uk
North West Deanery - The North Western Deanery is funded by the Department of Health to plan, maintain and develop high quality education and training of junior doctors and dentists throughout the North West.
www.pgmd.man.ac.uk
Northern Deanery -
www.pimd.co.uk
Oxford Deanery - The Oxford Deanery is the name given to the geographical area of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire for the purposes of postgraduate medical and dental education.
www.oxford-pgmde.co.uk
South Yorkshire and South Humber Postgraduate Deans Office - The Centre for Post Graduate Medical and Dental Education is responsible for ensuring the delivery of appropriate levels of professional and vocational training and continuing education to all levels of Medical Personnel in the Sheffield Deanery, and Dental Personnel for the whole of the Trent Region.
www.sypgme.nhs.uk/sys_upl/templates/FlaTop/FlaTop_disp.asp?pgid=750&tid=72
South West Peninsula Deanery - The South West Peninsula Postgraduate Deanery was established on 1 April 2005 and is responsible for the commissioning and quality assurance of postgraduate medical and dental education and training across Devon and Cornwall.
www.swndeanery.co.uk
Trent Multi-Professional Deanery - The Deanery is responsible for overseeing postgraduate medical education and training in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
www.trentdeanery.nottingham.ac.uk/
Wessex Deanery - The Wessex Deanery provides a range of services and support for all those engaged in providing Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education whether in hospital or in the community in Bath and the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
www.wessex.org.uk/medical/index.htm
West Midlands Deanery - The Deanery is responsible for facilitating the integration, training and education of all non-UK medically qualified doctors into the NHS in the West Midlands.
www.wmdeanery.org
Yorkshire Deanery
www.yorkshiredeanery.com
Scotland
NHS Education for Scotland - We help provide better patient care by designing, commissioning, quality assuring and, where appropriate, providing education, training and lifelong learning for the NHS workforce in Scotland .
www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education - The Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency is responsible for funding, managing and supporting postgraduate medical and dental education within the Northern Ireland Deanery.
www.nimdta.gov.uk/
Wales
School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education - The School of Postgraduate Medical & Dental Education co-ordinates the delivery and funding of postgraduate medical and dental education in Wales.
www.cardiff.ac.uk/pgmde/
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