{"citation":"Zavis, Dubai Licensed Workforce Monitor, register as indexed on 19 October 2026. https://www.zavis.ai/intelligence/dubai-licensed-workforce-monitor-october-2026","id":"workforce","title":"Dubai Licensed Workforce Monitor","asOf":"2026-10-19","period":"register as indexed on 19 October 2026","source":"Dubai's public healthcare professional licensing register, as indexed in the UAE Open Healthcare Directory","method":"Counts of professionals by licence type, specialty and primary facility as recorded in the public register. A professional is counted once, under the primary facility shown in the register.","caveats":["The register covers Dubai; other emirates license separately.","Licence types are shown exactly as the register records them (FTL, REG, PTL, TRL); Zavis does not interpret their legal status, and REG should not be read as a lapsed or inactive licence."],"tables":[{"key":"by_licence","caption":"Professionals by licence type","columns":["Licence type","Professionals","Share (%)"],"rows":[["Full-time licence (FTL)",20501,64.3],["Registered (REG)",11340,35.5],["Part-time licence (PTL)",36,0.1],["Training licence (TRL)",22,0.1],["Permanent License",1,0]]},{"key":"by_specialty","caption":"Largest specialties","columns":["Specialty","Professionals","Full-time licences"],"rows":[["General Practitioner",6922,4356],["General Dentist",5103,3042],["Obstetrics And Gynecology",1501,1008],["Pediatrics",1222,854],["Family Medicine",1089,688],["Dermatology",1072,815],["Anesthesia",1056,614],["Internal Medicine",983,616],["Orthopedic Surgery",917,600],["Orthodontics",756,548],["General Surgery",727,460],["Medical Resident",664,621],["Ophthalmology",608,381],["Otolaryngology",560,384],["Plastic Surgery",518,412]]},{"key":"by_facility","caption":"Facilities with the most full-time licensed professionals","columns":["Facility","Full-time professionals","Specialties"],"rows":[["Graduate Medical Education- Dubai Health",708,14],["Rashid Hospital - Dubai Health",496,45],["Dubai Hospital - Dubai Health",333,49],["Saudi German Hospital",285,52],["American Hospital Dubai",284,63],["Mediclinic Parkview Hospital",266,48],["Kings College Hospital London",261,45],["Mediclinic City Hospital",249,62],["Al Zahra Pvt. Hospital",241,44],["N.M.C Specialty Hospital Ltd - Dubai",231,52]]}]}