What is 外科 in English? General Surgery (Medical Council specialty code S28)

What are the English name and specialty code of 外科?

The Specialist Register lists the specialty as 「外科」, in English General Surgery, specialty code S28.

Other specialties on the Medical Council register with ‘外科’ (surgery) in the Chinese name are Urology (泌尿外科, S29), Neurosurgery (神經外科, S30), Cardio-thoracic Surgery (心胸肺外科, S31), Plastic Surgery (整形外科, S32), Paediatric Surgery (小兒外科, S33) and Vascular Surgery (血管外科, S64).

How do I check whether a doctor is a General Surgery specialist?

On the Medical Council website, choosing ‘General Surgery’ on the ‘Specialist Registration’ page opens the list of doctors registered in that specialty (registration numbers beginning with S28); for how to search by a doctor's name, see How to check a doctor's registration and specialty.

Section 7 of the Medical Council's Code of Professional Conduct for the Guidance of Registered Medical Practitioners (revised in October 2022) provides that a doctor must be on the Specialist Register to hold himself or herself out as a specialist, and can use only the title of the specialty in which he or she is registered.

What are the other specialties called?

For the Chinese and English names and codes of all specialties on the Medical Council register, see Chinese–English list of medical specialty names.

Related pages on this site — choosing a doctor: How to choose a general surgeon; public services and waiting: Public waiting times for surgery.

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