Thursday 12 April 2018

Inflexible visa process 'stops much-needed doctors working in NHS'

Inflexible visa process 'stops much-needed doctors working in NHS' Doctors are being prevented from joining the NHS workforce by 'unnecessary barriers and delays' to visa applications and renewals, the BMA has warned.

In a letter to home secretary Amber Rudd, BMA chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul warned that the current system for processing visa applications was 'too rigid to adequately promote the recruitment of much needed specialties to the UK, particularly those which help address NHS workforce shortages'. GPonline

No comments:

Post a Comment