Table 4.
Comparing place of doctor’s qualification between UK medical register and GMC’s performance assessment data
| Country | Number of registered doctors in 2013 N = 259,642 |
Absolute change on register since 1996 | Percentage change on register since 1996 | Total performance assessment cases N = 1111 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 874 (0.3%) | +253 | 41%↑ | 23 (21%) |
| Egypt | 3215 (1%) | +1438 | 81%↑ | 45 (5%) |
| Germany | 3258 (1%) | +808 | 33%↑ | 45 (5%) |
| Greece | 3077 (1%) | +1791 | 139%↑ | 12 (1%) |
| India | 25,114 (10%) | +12361 | 97%↑ | 242 (22%) |
| Iraq | 2326 (0.8%) | +1417 | 156%↑ | 30 (3%) |
| Ireland | 4020 (2%) | −2689 | 40%↓ | 28 (3%) |
| Italy | 2917 (1%) | +1973 | 209%↑ | 14 (1%) |
| Nigeria | 4067 (2%) | +3049 | 300%↑ | 47 (4%) |
| Pakistan | 9400 (4%) | +6686 | 246%↑ | 61 (5%) |
| South Africa | 5444 (2%) | −880 | 14%↓ | 17 (2%) |
| Sri Lanka | 2376 (0.9%) | +82 | 4%↑ | 21 (2%) |
| United Kingdom | 164,691 (63%) | +39205 | 31%↑ | 332 (30%) |
| a EU 2004 states | 6206 (2%) | +5513 | 796%↑ | 33 (3%) |
| EEA remainder | 7715 (3%) | +4638 | 151%↑ | 67 (6%) |
| Rest of the world | 14,942 (6%) | +1532 | 11%↑ | 70 (6%) |
a Cyprus, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia