The General Medical Council (GMC) has approved the introduction of a limit on the timeframe within which a doctor is able to apply for a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). This limit will be 12 months from the doctor's expected end of training date. Doctors who do not apply for a
CCT in time will continue to have the ability to enter the Specialist Register but they will need to do so via the equivalence route of
CESR and provide the necessary documentation to confirm their current competence.