Junior Doctors Strikes

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How come we have doctors and nurses saying they can’t get jobs whilst we bring in people from abroad? If we need doctors we should be recruiting from within than getting them from abroad because the healthcare system is almost like an essential utility.

My friend who is a surgeon says there can be issues with some of the doctors and nurses coming from abroad. He doesn’t agree with junior doctors asking for payrises but he does think the situation with them not getting work is not right.

They're brought in after qualifying to bypass the restrictions on foreign students.

Government kept the taps open to flood the market and get locum rates down, GP training is predominantly international medical graduates these days and the result is not pretty. GMC was also making good money from PLAB fees so just kept accepting applicants.