NHS risks losing GPs to ‘nonsensical’ immigration rules, Priti Patel told
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZB7C)
Overseas-born doctors must stay for five years to get leave to remain, but GP training lasts only three years
Hundreds of overseas-born trainee GPs are at risk of deportation because of nonsensical" immigration rules, the profession's leader has warned Priti Patel.
The NHS risks losing much-needed family doctors unless visa regulations are overhauled to allow young medics to stay in Britain at the end of their GP training, Prof Martin Marshall said.
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