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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Megan Howe

British doctors will be given priority for NHS jobs under plans to make the health service 'self-sufficient'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaking to staff during a visit to St George’s Hospital, Tooting - (PA Wire)

British doctors will be given priority for NHS jobs under plans to make the health service “self-sufficient” in staff.

A ten-year plan, due to be published this week, involves hiring no more than one in ten NHS recruits from overseas, as the UK Government promises to reform the current system in which two-thirds of new doctors come from overseas.

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