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MCA approved doctors UK based

A list of doctors in the UK who can carry out ENG 1 medicals.

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The attached lists are for seafarers who need to get an ENG1address, medicalphone fitnessnumber certificate, and towebsite findaddress. aRemoved MaritimeDr andQazi Coastguardfrom Agencythe (MCA)doctors approvedlisted doctor in the UK.England.

Doctors details are regularly updated and contain information as of the 30th September 2026.

Please find attached lists for

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Crown Dependencies

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Published 6 May 2014
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The attached lists are for seafarers who need to get an ENG1 medical fitness certificate, and to find a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) approved doctor in the UK.

Doctors details are regularly updated and contain information as of the 30th September 2026.

Please find attached lists for

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Crown Dependencies

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Update history

2026-10-08 14:20
Removed ‘temporarily unavailable’ from Dr Hunt and added an address, phone number and website address. Removed Dr Qazi from the doctors listed in England.

2026-10-01 09:14
Added a second telephone number and updated the web booking link for Dr Patel.Updated Dr Mulholland’s availability.

2026-09-17 08:23
Removed ‘temporarily unavailable’ from Dr Henderson.Removed contact details for Dr Hunt who is temporarily unavailable.

2026-09-09 09:41
Indicating that an approved doctor is marked as temporarily unavailable

2026-08-20 10:26
Removed Dr H Jones in Anglesey.Removed ‘temporarily unavailable’ From Dr Tomson.

2026-08-13 10:59
Dr P Smith has been added to section 9 (Lancashire) of the list of MCA Approved doctors in England.The doctors in section 9 have been reordered alphabetically.

2026-07-30 09:03
An email address and website have been added to the contact details for Dr S Pande (Scotland) to reflect current contact information.

2026-07-15 10:47
Removed Dr Parr-BurmanRemoved Dr M Johnson

2026-07-09 07:21
Removed Dr Bell in SwanseaUpdated Dr MacDonalds address in Cardiff

2026-06-30 11:48
Dr Henderson in Scotland made Temporarily Unavailable.

2026-06-10 15:03
Updated contact details for Dr Bedi in Tyne and Wear.

2026-06-09 13:22
Updated contact details for Dr Dryden in Cornwall.

2026-05-27 11:29
Made Dr M Tomson temporarily unavailable.

2026-05-21 09:15
Added Dr S Smallcombe to Wales.

2026-05-15 15:24
Updated Web address for Dr Olarewaju.

2026-05-13 13:14
Added Dr V Owen to London area.

2026-05-12 12:18
Updated Dr Almashharwi’s details.

2026-05-07 14:23
Updated contact info for Dr J Hamilton in Cornwall.

2026-05-01 08:56
Updated Dr M Jacksons booking details.Updated Dr Rankas booking details.Added Dr Shoebridge and Dr Morris to Dorset.Made Dr S Qazi Temporarily unavailable.

2026-04-28 13:59
Updated Dr Crouse’s booking details.

2026-04-24 14:03
Removed Dr Thompson in Devon.

2026-04-22 11:36
Updated details for Dr M Jackson in Northumberland.

2026-04-09 08:46
Removed ‘temporarily unavailable’ from Dr A Henderson.Added Dr S Ranka’s email address.

2026-04-07 12:12
Updated contact details for Dr I Smith in Lancashire.

2026-03-25 15:28
Added secondary address for Dr M Crouse in Falmouth.Updated Dr Penny address in Devon.Updated Dr Teare address on Isle of Man.

2026-03-23 13:50
Updated Dr Ranka’s address in London.Removed Dr Padday in Hampshire.Made Dr Henderson ‘Temporarily unavailable’ in Scotland.

2026-03-17 13:27
Removed ‘(available from the 16th March 2026)’ from Dr A Dryden’s name

2026-03-16 14:44
Removed Dr Anderson from Shetland in Scotland and Dr Hounsome in Cornwall.

2026-03-13 07:08
Updated Dr Naeem’s subsidiary address in Birmingham.

2026-03-05 09:19
Added a subsidiary address for Dr A Fletcher in Manchester

2026-03-03 11:53
Added Dr S Ranka to the London area.

2026-02-24 13:52
Updated Dr O Firth’s availability in Surry.

2026-02-20 10:31
Dr Hunt temporarily unavailable in ScotlandDr J Bell Ceasing 31/03/26 in Wales

2026-02-18 15:20
Removed Dr Chatterjee from Yorkshire area.Removed temporarily unavailable from Dr A Moran in Yorkshire.

2026-02-17 13:38
Added Dr Dryden to Cornwall area.

2026-02-10 13:26
Dr F Maclean temporarily unavailable Updated Dr M Crouse’s address in Cornwall

2026-02-03 10:34
Removed secondary address for Dr F Maclean in Lincolnshire.

2026-01-27 11:43
Removed ‘temporarily unavailable’ from Dr J Houghton.

2026-01-23 15:41
Added Dr Javeria to Cumbria area

2026-01-23 10:02
Updated Dr A Kingston’s availability.Removed Drs A Harrison and A Ward.

2026-01-20 15:00
Updated the contact details for Dr Tomson in Southampton

2026-01-16 10:19
Updated contact details for Dr Buluro in London.

2026-01-15 16:47
Removed Dr R Spooner in NorfolkAdded Dr H Lee in Bristol

2026-01-09 13:40
Updated contact details for Dr Buluro.

2026-01-05 15:27
Updated MCA approved doctors in England 5th January 2026.

2026-01-02 16:44
MCA approved doctors in the UK updated 2nd January 2026.

2025-12-31 08:15
MCA Approved doctors list for England updated 31 December 2025.

2025-12-22 08:36
Updated Dr Houghton and Dr Moran to Temporarily unavailable.

2025-12-19 09:37
Added subsidiary address for Dr SlumanUpdated Dr Michie name in Stornoway

2025-12-12 10:58
MCA approved doctors list for England updated 12th December 2025.

2025-12-12 08:41
MCA approved doctors in England list has been amended.

2025-11-28 14:01
Added Dr Thrippleton to Lincolnshire.

2025-11-04 13:16
Added Dr M Swindells to Drayton medical practice in Portsmouth.

2025-10-27 12:16
Edited availability for Dr Mulholland in Cornwall.

2025-10-23 14:31
Added website link to Dr Scott-Browns address in Portsmouth.

2025-10-16 16:19
Added Dr W Hart in North Lincolnshire and Dr M Jones in Newport.

2025-10-13 16:42
Updated MCA approved doctors list, under Wales, 13th October 2025.

2025-10-13 14:22
Updated MCA approved doctors list, 13th October 2025. Adjustment to 2. Cornwall, England.

2025-10-03 14:07
Removed temp unavailable from Dr I McKay in Scotland.

2025-10-01 09:22
Added Dr C Marshall to the approved list in Wales.

2025-09-18 10:04
Dr A Harrison (Temporarily Unavailable).

2025-09-16 11:35
Updated Dr C Thompsons availability.Removed Dr C Watts from London

2025-09-12 14:51
Update to advise a MCA approved doctor is temporarily unavailable.

2025-09-04 15:37
Removed Dr Phillips from the Scottish list.

2025-08-19 13:47
Added Drs Dawson and Ledger to the AD list in Scotland.

2025-08-15 12:25
Updated address for Dr Fletcher in Manchester.

2025-08-14 14:46
Amended contact details for Dr Fletcher in Manchester.

2025-08-08 14:53
Updated contact details for Dr J Hamilton and Dr MacLean.Removed Dr T Hunter from MCA Approved doctors listed in Scotland.Removed Dr Clayton from MCA Approved doctors listed in England.

2025-08-05 11:38
Removed Dr M Sorensen from Swansea.

2025-08-01 14:19
Updated details for Dr Van der Waa.

2025-07-29 11:08
In the List for doctors in England, Dr Chatterjee in Yorkshire is temporarily unavailable.

2025-07-21 14:29
Updated details for Dr Spooner.

2025-07-07 14:54
Added website address for Dr F Maclean – Lincolnshire.

2025-07-03 15:47
Made Dr I McKay (Scotland) temporarily unavailable.

2025-07-01 15:13
Made Dr Sorensen in Wales (currently unavailable)

2025-06-27 10:44
Removed Dr Hunts name from Plymouth and added with contact details to Scotland.

2025-06-24 11:30
Added Dr McPhee to the Scotland.

2025-06-20 16:20
Removed Drs Cooper and Nelson from the Welsh list.

2025-06-13 15:27
Added Dr S Qazi in Cheshire Removed Dr McPhee from Scotland

2025-06-11 14:36
Added Dr C Scales to Manchester

2025-05-30 14:42
Update Dr Raghunath’s address in Yorkshire.

2025-05-19 15:08
Removed ‘Available from 19th May’ from Dr Ali in Wales and updated contact details.

2025-05-13 13:44
Added email address to Dr Harrisons booking details.

2025-05-02 14:47
Added Dr J Ali to Welsh list.

2025-04-25 14:56
Removed Dr R Jones from Wales.Removed Dr L Leighton from Essex.

2025-04-14 11:16
Updated contact details for Dr Abeacheta.

2025-04-09 14:09
Added new address for Dr M Jackson in Northumberland.Change of email address for Dr Gaston in Plymouth.Change of phone number for Dr Harrison in Cumbria.

2025-03-28 13:10
Updated contact details for Dr Chatterjee in Yorkshire

2025-03-25 15:18
Add Dr Slaney in Aberdeen and Dr Harrison in Cumbria.

2025-03-21 15:24
Dr Bryden, Scotland, availability updated

2025-03-21 11:10
Added 2nd address for Dr K Boyle and Dr Pritchard based in England – Yorkshire.

2025-03-18 11:51
Removal of Dr Egbe (England), Dr Wear (England), Dr Ledger (Scotland), Dr Rawlinson (Scotland) and Dr S Williams (Wales).

2025-03-14 13:32
Added address to Dr Chatterjee in Yorkshire.Added Dr Slaney to Aberdeen.

2025-03-05 15:46
Updated the address for Dr Thompson in Devon

2025-02-26 18:43
Added ‘Temporarily Unavailable’ to Dr Leighton.

2025-02-25 13:16
Removed 2nd address for Dr A Ward in Portland.

2025-02-11 08:31
Added Dr Sorenson to Swansea.Added booking link to Dr MacDonald in Wales.Added Dr Beard to Devon.Made Dr Thompson in Devon ‘Temporarily unavailable’ Updated Dr Van der Waa’s name.Updated details for Dr Griffiths.Removed Cambridgeshire and re-numbered areas.

2025-02-05 07:53
Updated contact details for Dr Adeleke in Aberdeen.Removed Dr Hawkley from Aberdeen.Removed Dr Metcalfe from Wales.

2025-01-31 09:02
Swapped main and secondary addresses for Dr Little in Yorkshire.

2025-01-24 11:29
Removed Dr Cousins from the Hampshire section

2025-01-21 10:17
Updated contact number for Dr Jenkinson in Belfast.Updated contact number for Dr Adams in Merseyside.

2024-12-31 09:12
Removed ‘Unavailable’ from Dr Padday in Hampshire.

2024-12-23 14:44
Added contact number for Dr R Phillips in Scotland.

2024-12-20 10:45
Removed contact number for Dr Edwards in Wales

2024-12-18 10:57
Removed Dr K Vernon

2024-12-16 08:42
Updated availability for Dr Padday and Dr Cousins.Added Web booking link for Dr Alvi and Dr Watts.

2024-12-06 14:12
Removed Dr Kemp from the approved list in Scotland.

2024-11-26 15:20
Updated Dr J Bell, of Swansea to confirm available again.

2024-11-26 14:08
Updated Dr Phillips (Glasgow) to become available again.

2024-11-21 15:52
Dr I Smith – Lancashire – Contact Number updatedDr O Agboola – Manchester – Removed

2024-10-24 12:30
Change of address for Dr R Jones in Cardiff.Change of telephone number for Dr M Adams in Merseyside.

2024-10-08 08:49
Added Drs N Cooper, R Jones, A Nelson to Approved Doctors based in Wales.

2024-10-03 09:53
Removed – Dr J Ross – Cornwall.

2024-09-12 12:19
Dr Lyon removed from the Scottish list.Dr McAndry removed the Crown dependencies list.Dr Shepherd added to Scottish list.Dr Teare added to the Crown dependencies list.

2024-08-29 11:28
Amendment to contact details – Dr Patel – Leicestershire

2024-08-28 13:35
Added Dr A Connor to approved doctors listed in England – Nottingham.

2024-08-23 14:24
Dr B Patel – Leicester – Leicestershire- added to the list.

2024-08-23 12:16
Dr M Boyle – (other locations) Oban – has been removed.

2024-08-13 15:05
Change of contact details for Dr Harrison.

2024-08-12 11:23
Added Drs Jamieson and Williamson to Scottish list.Added Dr Agboola to Greater Manchester area.Added Dr Jackson to Tyne and Wear area.

2024-08-05 15:32
Added new approved doctor, Dr L Egbe in Hampshire

2024-08-01 14:34
Changed status of Dr Bell in Wales to temporarily unavailable.Added Dr Boyle to Yorkshire list

2024-07-25 16:14
Address added to Dr Colemans contact details in Suffolk.Added temporarily unavailable to Dr Padday.Updated contact number for Dr Raut.

2024-07-23 14:24
Removal of Dr Veenhuizen in Shetland

2024-07-17 14:37
Updated details for Dr Van Der Waa in Norfolk and deleted Dr Kahn in Cheshire.

2024-07-05 11:18
Addition of phone number for Dr Bray – West MidlandsOak Tree Clinic removed from Dr Naeem – West Midlands

2024-07-02 15:07
Dr S Sluman added – Hampshire and IOWDr M Lambert removed – Hampshire and IOWDr E Arter removed – Hampshire and IOWDr A Obishai added – Yorkshire Dr Swanepoel address updated – Tyne and Wear

2024-06-28 14:39
Dr Griffiths – Temporarily unavailable – Nottinghamshire

2024-06-28 11:01
Updated Dr Kingston’s address and details – Norfolk.

2024-06-10 13:26
Dr Wilson removed – Edinburgh and Fife and Dr Swanepoel added Tyne and Wear.

2024-06-07 09:42
Secondary address removed – Dr Smith (Lancashire).

2024-06-05 09:52
Contact number for Dr I Smith (England – Lancashire) updated.

2024-06-04 14:15
Temporarily Unavailable added to Dr Bryden of Glasgow

2024-05-31 11:30
Dr Van der Waa to ‘Temporarily unavailable’ Dr Bray to ‘Temporarily unavailable’

2024-05-22 15:32
(unavailable from 1st June 2024 to 9th July 2024) added next to Dr N Van der Waa’s name – Found within section 15. Norfolk.

2024-05-07 13:01
removed Dr Threadgold from Yorkshire

2024-05-01 14:28
Removed the “temporarily unavailable” from Dr Bryden – Glasgow

2024-04-29 14:04
Temporarily unavailable removed from Dr W Metcalfe – Wales

2024-04-29 09:16
DR F Maclean added as joint partner with Dr G Clayton in Lincolnshire.Dr A Hazell added in London.

2024-04-10 15:42
Dr Spooner(Norfolk) updated telephone contact number.

2024-04-04 15:12
Email for Dr S Parr-Burman (Lancashire) has been added

2024-04-03 14:13
Dr F Maclean – Lincolnshire, added to MCA approved doctors listed in England

2024-04-03 11:23
Removed Dr W Conrad – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

2024-03-27 11:11
Update of Dr Little’s Secondary address – Yorkshire

2024-03-25 16:58
Dr Aziz (Lancashire – England) Removed

2024-03-19 09:40
Dr Parbhaker of Suffolk – Removed.

2024-03-15 07:56
Dr Ross added – CornwallDr Masaud and Dr Raut added – LancashireDr Phillips temp unavailable – Glasgow

2024-03-13 10:25
Update of Dr I Smith’s Contact details (Lancashire)

2024-03-06 08:03
Dr S Parr-Burman’s address updated – LancashireDr Kleanthous removed – LondonDr Dean removed – DevonDr W Metcalfe (Temporarily unavailable) – Wales

2024-03-01 15:38
Dr F MacDonald – Cardiff – Wales: Added to list

2024-02-20 10:54
Update to Dr Chatterjee – Yorkshire, England – Temporary unavailable.

2024-02-20 09:26
Update to show Dr Phillips at Glasgow unavailable before May 2024.

2024-02-12 11:49
Dr Bryden – Glasgow – temporarily unavailable

2024-02-09 16:02
Dr Hounsome – Cornwall – now has a webaddress:

2024-02-06 13:14
Dr Abaecheta – Sussex – has changed her clinic number to: 07403 517 721

2024-02-05 13:14
Dr O’Reilly – Tyne and Wear – removed. Dr Ledger – Scotland – available.

2024-02-05 09:23
Dr J Bush – Southampton removed from list. Dr Bray – West Midlands contact number updated

2024-02-01 09:37
Previous unavailability note removed for Dr Paddy – Hampshire and Isle of Wight

2024-01-23 12:23
Dr M East – Grimsby removed from MCA approved doctors list.

2024-01-03 14:18
Dr I Smith – Lancashire: Telephone number on secondary address updated

2023-12-28 16:06
Dr Ledger added to: Scotland – Other Locations, starting on 06/02/2024

2023-12-27 15:39
Dr W Conrad – Tyne and Wear – Temporarily Unavailable

2023-12-19 08:44
Update Dr Padday unavailable from 01/01/2024 – 30/01/2024

2023-12-11 14:13
Dr Niemczuk removed

2023-11-29 10:47
Update to Dr Arter’s contact number – UK Based listed in England

2023-11-09 13:07
Dr E Arter & Dr H Cousins added to England – Hampshire & Isle of Wight. Dr Gent removed from Lincolnshire.

2023-10-31 09:43
Removed Dr M Norman – Cardiff and Dr O Asatiani – Aberdeen

2023-10-30 10:07
Updated Dr Kingston’s address in Norfolk.

2023-10-16 10:40
Dr Townsley removed from this list – Suffolk

2023-09-29 10:06
Dr Morris’ address (Glasgow, Scotland) updated.

2023-09-07 13:28
Updated telephone numbers for Dr Spooner – Norfolk.

2023-09-06 11:13
Added Optima Health as first line of address.

2023-09-05 10:32
Updated name – Dr V Parbhakar

2023-09-04 15:16
Added Dr Phillips’ subsidiary address – Scotland.Deleted Dr S Huddlestone name – England.Dr R Padday available, telephone number removed and email address updated – England.

2023-08-31 15:21
Change of Dr Parr-Burman’s contact details within MCA Approved doctors listed in England.

2023-08-23 15:11
Dr R Spooner, Dr C George, Dr V Purbhaker added as doctors in England and Dr O’Reilly removed from the list.

2023-08-17 11:55
Update of Dr Olarewaju’s details.

2023-08-15 13:33
Update to MCA Approved Doctors listed in England – Cornwall – Dr Crouse

2023-08-09 09:41
Dr M Hadland from Manchester has been removed.

2023-07-27 11:45
Dr B Vines (Lymington) is now available

2023-07-25 11:01
Added Dr W Metcalfe to the list of MCA approved doctors in Wales.

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Updated MCA approved doctors in the UK 18th July 2023.

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