Family Doctor Life Winnipeg

Planning your flight from the UK to Winnipeg? In Episode 8 of GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr. Abdalla Ahmed explains what you should know before booking your journey.

In this episode:

✈️ Exploratory visits versus the actual move

🇬🇧 Travelling from the UK to Winnipeg

🔄 Choosing flights with Canadian or US connections

🎫 Flexible and changeable tickets

🧳 Carry-on essentials and checked luggage

📄 Keeping licensing an...

Once your medical licence is sorted, the next major step before practising legally in Canada is obtaining the correct work permit.

In Episode 6 of GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr. Abdalla Ahmed explains the key work-permit options for UK-trained family doctors, including:

• Open work permits

• Employer-specific work permits

• Changing clinics or employers • Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA)

• The possible C10 sig...

Do UK GPs really need to go through Canada's Practice Ready Assessment?

In Episode 5 of "GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba," Dr. Abdalla Ahmed breaks down exactly how licensing works for UK-trained family doctors relocating to Manitoba.

This episode covers: - Why UK GPs skip the Practice Ready Assessment entirely - Step 1: Credential verification through physiciansapply.ca - Verifying your degree, CCT, and MRCGP - Step 2: Get...

What does working as a family doctor in Winnipeg actually look like? In Episode 4 of “GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba,” Dr. Abdalla Ahmed explains the real practice models and job opportunities available to GPs in Winnipeg. This episode covers: • How the fee-for-service model works • Employed and associate GP positions • Guaranteed-income options while building a patient panel • Walk-in, longitudinal and...

Thinking about relocating from the UK to Canada as a GP? In Episode 3 of our GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba series, Dr. Ahmed takes you inside what it’s actually like to live in Winnipeg. Winnipeg is home to more than 750,000 people and offers the amenities of a major Canadian city without the overwhelming size and high cost of cities like Toronto or Vancouver. In this episode, we explore: ✈️ Winnipeg’s in...

In Episode 1, we looked at why so many UK GPs are considering Canada. In Episode 2, we get more specific: why choose Manitoba? I’m Dr. Abdalla Ahmed, a family physician based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In this series, GP Relocation: UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba, I’m walking UK GPs through the relocation journey — from considering the move to eventually starting work and building a life here. In this episode, I talk abou...

Thinking about moving from the UK to Winnipeg, Manitoba to practise as a family physician? Welcome to Family Doctor Life Winnipeg, a video series created to help UK-trained family doctors understand the journey of relocating to Canada. In Episode 1, Dr. Ahmed introduces the relocation journey and shares practical insight from his own experience as a family physician in Winnipeg. Throughout this series, we’ll cover topics inc...