TY - JOUR T1 - Stop penalising UK GPs returning from abroad JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 430 LP - 430 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X670796 VL - 63 IS - 613 AU - David Berger Y1 - 2013/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/613/430.abstract N2 - I am a UK GP working in general practice and emergency medicine in a remote part of Australia and have been out of the UK for 6 months. I am learning more than I have ever learned before and my clinical skills have improved out of all recognition. As the situation stands, however, should I wish to return to the UK in another 18 months I will be subject to the same blanket requirements for formal re-testing; a lengthy, bureaucratic, and costly process, as an individual who has not worked in clinical medicine at all for this period. Despite repeated private and public requests to clarify their position, the recent data from Morison et al and their colleagues at the Committee of General Practice Education Directors (COGPED) still … ER -