Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent doctors with fake qualifications working in the NHS.

It is for local National Health Service employers and the General Medical Council (GMC), as the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom, to verify a doctor’s professional qualifications.

All doctors must register with the GMC to be able to practise in the UK. The GMC’s registration process includes checks of professional qualifications.

NHS Employers advises employing organisations to undertake professional registration and qualifications verification checks.