As reported on Yahoo News, British doctors will be given priority for NHS jobs under plans to make the health service “self-sufficient” in staff
A ten-year plan, due to be published this week, involves hiring no more than one in ten NHS recruits from overseas, as the UK Government promises to reform the current system in which two-thirds of new doctors come from overseas.
According to a report by the General Medical Council (GMC), 63% of doctors who joined the medical register in 2022 qualified overseas. The NHS currently employs doctors from 168 countries including India, Egypt, Ireland, Nigeria and Pakistan.
The plan looks to create a “self-sufficient” workforce by 2035, saying that less than 10 per cent of new recruits should be from overseas.
It comes as NHS doctors and nurses are considering a fresh round of strikes amid an ongoing row over pay.
Resident doctor members of the BMA are currently voting on staging further walkouts, with the ballot set to close on July 7.
The last bout of strikes caused months of upheaval across the NHS and led to almost 1.5 million appointments being cancelled or rescheduled.
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