Table 3 Comparing the UK medical register with GMC’s performance assessment cases against the most frequent 25 countries of PMQ

1

United Kingdom

169,239

1

United Kingdom

332

2

India

25,001

2

India

242

3

Pakistan

9786

3

Pakistan

61

4

South Africa

5276

4

Nigeria

47

5

Nigeria

4185

5=

Egypt

45

6

Ireland

4042

5=

Germany

45

7

Italy

3539

7

Iraq

30

8

Greece

3423

8

Ireland

28

9

Egypt

3336

9

Bangladesh

23

10

Germany

3241

10

Sri Lanka

21

11

Sri Lanka

2421

11

South Africa

17

12

Iraq

2382

12

Romania

16

13

Romania

2315

13

Poland

15

14

Poland

2091

14=

Italy

14

15

Australia

1955

14=

Spain

14

16

Spain

1745

16

Greece

12

17

Sudan

1650

17

France

11

18

Hungary

1496

18

Myanmar

9

19

Czech Republic

1235

19=

Czech Republic

7

20

Bulgaria

969

19=

Sudan

7

21

Bangladesh

889

21=

Belgium

6

22

Netherlands (excluding Saba)

846

21=

Hungary

6

23

Russia

806

21=

Iran

6

24

Jamaica

800

24=

Austria

5

25

Libya

755

24=

Bulgaria

5

Ghana

5

Netherlands

5