Skip to main content

Featured

Hostile environment policy leaving doctors without visas, say NHS officials

Health trusts accuse immigration authorities of putting patient safety at risk by blocking visas

The government’s hostile environment policy towards immigrants is worsening NHS staffing problems as visas are being denied for hundreds of international doctors, health officials have said.

NHS Employers said that since December 400 visas for doctors across the UK had been refused, despite the staffing crisis in hospitals.

Related: Windrush case: UK to give Albert Thompson indefinite right to remain

Continue reading... April 27, 2018 at 01:39PM

Comments