Primary care organisations and performers lists
Primary care organisations are responsible for maintaining primary medical performers lists.
GP registration (ie being included on the GP Register) is one requirement for entry to a medical performers list for GPs, although this does not apply to doctors in training, such as GP Registrars. When a doctor applies to join a performers list, the PCO should contact the GMC to check whether that doctor is on the GP Register, and make other pre-employment checks.
The criteria for entry to a medical performers list are set out in Department of Health guidance (see the GMC's guidance on employing a doctor for further information).
PCOs must undertake a series of checks, in addition to registration checks, before admitting a doctor to their performers lists. See the NHS Employers' guidance - 'Safer recruitment – a guide for NHS employers'.
