Doctors blocked by Home Office from taking up vital NHS jobs

Recruits from overseas not being paid enough to satisfy immigration rules

Seniors doctors from overseas who have been appointed to fill key roles in hospitals around the UK are being blocked from taking up their jobs by the Home Office because their NHS salaries are too low under immigration rules.

The Guardian has learned of at least 20 doctors prevented from taking up posts in departments including intensive care in the past two months, causing anger and bewilderment among already-stretched doctors.

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Continue reading... January 24, 2018 at 01:11AM