9 Nigerian University Banned From Practicing Medicine In The United Kingdom

GMC says the schools no longer meet accepted standards of practice in the UK

Medical graduates from nine universities in Nigeria will no longer be able to obtain licenses to practice in the United Kingdom, following a decision by the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) to ban the higher institutions.

The GMC, a body of independent regulators which registers medical doctors to practise in the UK, took the decision to bar graduates from the nine universities from writing PLAB.


PLAB is the UK exam that enables non-UK Medical graduates to undertake post-graduate medical training in the country.

The affected graduates are those who graduated after December 10, 2010 from Ambrose Ali University, Ebonyi State University, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, University of Jos, University of Nigeria and the University of Port Harcourt.
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Posted: at 22-12-2011 10:33 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Noted....Thank God, I am no longer a Medical Student.  I had my PLAB since 2004.....

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Posted: at 22-12-2011 01:54 PM (13 years ago) | Hero

Hmn, I wonder how many dreams would have been crushed with this decision by the UK's General Medical Council ( GMC ).  I know that LAUTECH'S Medicine Certificate has been having recognition issues for some now. One of my cousins had to leave the University for a Medicine Course in South Africa because of the problem. The standard of our education in Nigeria has contributed to this in many ways. Maybe the UK Government is also trying to limit the number of Nigerian Students coming into British Health and NHS System. That is why they have come up with this new plan. Nigerians are very intelligent and they often do well in their profession in any country they find themselves in. I have the understanding that there are many British Medical Graduates who are finding it hard to get jobs in the last 5 years and plans have been made to create work for them. Maybe our Doctors should forget going to the UK and head to the Scandinavian Countries or Canada to practice their trade What do you think? Hmn.


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Posted: at 24-12-2011 10:21 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie