NHS Blog Doc is an excellent site which is powerful medicine to keep you out of hospital and away from the clutches of nurse managers.
I wonder what Dr Crippen would make of this story which reveals one of the unintended consequences of the UK government's recent chages to its immigration policy. Non-EU Doctors now have to apply for work permits to come and work in the NHS. The permit free training scheme for medical practitioners from the Indian sub-continent has been abolished.
We're all for the opening up of the EU and the creation of a truly free market, which should enable qualified medical staff from other EU states to come and work in the UK. The Scottish Executive launched a scheme earlier this year to attract Polish dentists to set up in practice here. But, does this have to be at the expense of the previous scheme which apparently worked well for doctors and other medical staff from the Commonwealth who wanted to continue their training in the UK?
This is where my inner free marketeer does battle with my inner anglo-indian - help Dr Crippen, what should we do?
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