Guides for international medical graduates: PLAB 1 and PLAB 2, GMC registration, the MSRA, GP training applications and settling into the NHS. Written by NHS GPs who train and mentor IMGs.
Exam 11 February 2027, results 25 March. The GMC confirms a UK-and-EU-only February sitting and six closing overseas centres; English-evidence extensions, fees, and how to plan a February sitting from abroad.
Results six weeks after the exam, by 4pm in GMC Online. Angoff plus one SEM, the ten-domain breakdown, pass rates 2021–2025, and what to do next whether you passed or not.
Applications run from 22 October to 19 November 2026 and the January MSRA window is 5–20 January 2027. What is confirmed, what is not yet published, and how to plan backwards from your sitting.
Yes — the FSEM explicitly allows internationally registered clinicians to sit the DipMSK. Here’s exactly who qualifies, what to check before you apply, and the one thing worth knowing about the exam’s UK focus.
PLAB 1 costs £283 and PLAB 2 £1,036 under the GMC’s April 2026 fees — £1,800 all-in if you pass first time. The remaining 2026 date, the IELTS/OET and eligibility rules, and the 2027 centre closures to plan around.
You cannot apply for the MSRA directly — you are invited after applying through Oriel. Which specialties use it, what sets eligibility, and how IMGs are treated.
Everything an international medical graduate needs to know about the MSRA in 2026/27 — eligibility, GMC registration, the two papers, dates, scoring, and how to prepare.
The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act changed UK specialty recruitment in 2026. What it actually says, what happened to GP training places, and the realistic route for IMGs now.
Can an IMG get into UK GP training with no NHS experience in 2026? The straight answer, the numbers behind it, and the route that actually works now.
The MSRA Professional Dilemmas paper assumes NHS workplace culture. What it quietly expects, why IMGs lose marks on familiarity rather than judgement, and how to close the gap.
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