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TRAINING IN THE UK

TRAINING IN THE UK

The British Council Client Funded Training Scheme (CFT)
The British Council is permitted by the General Medical Council (GMC) to sponsor doctors of a high calibre for limited registration with exemption from the PLAB test. In order to qualify for British Council sponsorship, you need to have completed a one year post-graduation internship in an approved hospital and three years training in the speciality in which you wish to work in the UK. The scheme is managed jointly by the British Council overseas offices and the Health Sector Team in the British Council Headquarters in Manchester. Initial approaches should be made through the local office in your home country or to the Manchester office if you are already in the UK. The British Council will arrange a training placement in the UK and will sponsor you for limited registration with the GMC. This sponsorship can last for up to five years.

Applying for the CFT Scheme
If you wish to be considered for the CFT scheme, you should submit all of the following documents to the Health Sector Team at the British Council in Manchester:
1.CV
This should be comprehensive, up to date with at least two referees.
2. Translation of medical degree certificate
A photocopy of this is sufficient initially.
3. A statement of your training objectives
4. Copies of any correspondence you have had with hospitals in the UK with regards to training.
5. An IELTS test result
An overall score of 7.0 in the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) test as well as a minimum score of 6.0 in each band (if you wish to take up a supernumerary post). If you prefer to apply for paid posts, you will need to have an overall score of 7.0 with 7.0 in each band before the British Council agrees to sponsor you. If you have not yet sat the IELTS test the British Council will consider your application and request you to sit it if they feel that you are suitable for sponsorship.

British Council Management Fee
Where the British Council arranges GMC registration and a supernumerary placement, an overall fee of £800 will be charged.
Where the British Council arranges GMC registration alone a fee of £500 will be charged.
A management fee of £250 will be charged for each subsequent year that the British Council act as your sponsor with the GMC.
VAT (tax) of 17.5% is payable on all of the above fees.
You will be invoiced only after GMC registration has been successfully arranged. You should note that these fees are additional to the fees charged by the GMC and the Medical Protection Society.

Contact details
For further information or if you wish to apply for British Council sponsorship send all the documents requested to:
CFT Scheme- Initial Applications,
Health Sector Team, UK Partnerships,
The British Council,
Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street,
Manchester M1 6BB, UK.
Tel: 44-161-957 7472 (Wednesday and Fridays only)
Fax: 44-161-957 7029.


Other information on Training in the UK

The British Council provided comprehensive notes on Training in the UK for overseas medical graduates intending to undertake training in the UK. In addition you need to see the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, The Home Office to get information on applying for a visa and further extensions to your stay. Application forms for this purpose can now be downloaded from the Net.

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