An independent, evidence-based voice for physician mobility.

Every year, thousands of qualified doctors sit multiple licensing examinations that test the same core clinical competencies. The result is duplicated cost, delayed care for patients, and unnecessary carbon emissions from repeated international travel.

We believe there is a better way. The UK Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) examination is a rigorous, well-validated instrument administered by the General Medical Council. Its outcomes correlate strongly with subsequent clinical performance in the NHS. We campaign — respectfully and with evidence — for regulators worldwide to recognise PLAB as one acceptable route to registration.

We do not campaign to weaken standards. We support reasonable safeguards: language proficiency, criminal background checks, professional references, and periods of supervised practice where regulators consider them proportionate.

What we do

• Publish policy papers and workforce data
• Prepare formal submissions to regulators and health ministries
• Coordinate open letters and public petitions
• Compile country-by-country comparative analysis of licensing systems
• Support IMGs in understanding available pathways