NHS staff shortages leave doctors working in a system that isn’t safe | Letters

Letters from Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians, and Dr Antonia Moore, a salaried GP

It seems astonishing to block appropriately qualified doctors from working here when the NHS is under such pressure (Doctors’ visas: Overseas hires thwarted by pay threshold, 24 January).

As our own census shows, as well as recent BMA data, there are huge gaps in rotas. As a result, doctors are unable to deliver the standard of care they were trained to, and patients are at risk.

Continue reading... January 29, 2018 at 11:25PM