Thursday 9 August 2018

NHS needs thousands of overseas doctors to plug GP shortage 

NHS needs thousands of overseas doctors to plug GP shortage Thousands of foreign medics must be fast-tracked to plug GP vacancies, amid a “haemorrhaging” of existing staff, the leader of Britain’s family doctors has said.

Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard warned that waiting times for GP appointments were already at a “an all-time high” with new data today expected to show a further deterioration in many parts of the country.

The chairman of the Royal College of GPs urged health officials to lift barriers slowing down recruitment from overseas. The Daily Telegraph

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