Working overseas

How MPS can help

If you are planning to work overseas, we want to ensure you are properly prepared so that you can make the most of your experience.

Whether you are relocating permanently, for just a year, or working on an expedition or voluntary project, it is vital that you have appropriate indemnity: new countries and new roles mean new risks.

MPS has over 280,000 members practising in more than 40 countries, so if you are planning to work overseas, membership can usually be arranged.

Arranging your indemnity

MPS members should contact Membership Services well in advance of their intended travel date, providing the details and dates of any work they are intending to undertake overseas.

If you are not a member of MPS but would like to join, please contact Membership Services to request an application pack and a quote for membership.

Membership Services

• UK Telephone: 0845 718 7187. Calls to Membership Services may be recorded for monitoring and training purposes.
• Email international@mps.org.uk

Useful links

• Working abroad – New Doctor magazine [UK]
  More doctors are choosing to work abroad but new countries present new risks. Read the MPS article published in New Doctor magazine.
   
• Working abroad – New Doctor magazine [Ireland]
  Irish NCDH, Dr Johnny O’Mahoney gives his top tips for working in Australia. Read the MPS article published in the Ireland edition of New Doctor.
    
• Expedition Medicine – Casebook magazine UK – Vol. 18 no. 2 May 2010
  Sarah Whitehouse investigates the medicolegal challenges facing doctors in remote situations. Read this article from Casebook May 2010.
    
• Working in another country – British Medical Journal
  MPS Medicolegal Adviser, Professor Carol Seymour, wrote an article for the BMJ with advice for UK and Ireland doctors looking to work in the rest of Europe.