Let NHS off £1,000 overseas doctors charge, urge unions Two leading health unions are calling on the home secretary to make the NHS exempt from a new charge which will be payable on overseas doctors and nurses.
The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing say the Immigration Skills Charge, coming into effect in April, threatens NHS budgets.
It will mean the NHS must pay £1,000 per year for any worker coming to the UK from outside the European Union.
The government has said it is committed to building home-grown skills.
Nurses remain on an official list of occupations of which the UK has a shortage. BBC News
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The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing say the Immigration Skills Charge, coming into effect in April, threatens NHS budgets.
It will mean the NHS must pay £1,000 per year for any worker coming to the UK from outside the European Union.
The government has said it is committed to building home-grown skills.
Nurses remain on an official list of occupations of which the UK has a shortage. BBC News
See also:
- Immigration Skills Charge - Impact on the NHS and health and social care workforce (joint letter) British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing
- Immigration skills charge British Medical Association
- NHS could lose millions to immigration charge British Medical Association
- Non-EU worker fee risks adding to staffing crisis Royal College of Nursing
- New Immigration Charge ‘Could Cost NHS Millions Of Pounds’ Huffington Post UK
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