British BAME and foreign doctors ‘suffer discrimination throughout careers’

Some overseas doctors had been placed on work rotas with insufficient preparation for the work they would be doing. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

British doctors of BAME origin and overseas-trained medics working in the UK experience “persistent and pernicious” inequality throughout their careers, the medical regulator has warned.

The General Medical Council (GMC) said too many doctors are still being reported by their employers for alleged misconduct compared with white British-trained medics.