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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor

Doctor on A&E ward
Foreign-born doctors and nurses are put off coming to the UK because of antagonism towards migrants, media coverage of immigration and aggression from NHS colleagues and patients. Photograph: By Ian Miles-Flashpoint Pictures/Alamy

Foreign doctors and nurses are increasingly shunning the NHS because anti-migrant rhetoric and rising racism have created “a hostile environment”, the leader of Britain’s medics has warned.

The health service is being put at risk because overseas health professionals increasingly see the UK as an “unwelcoming, racist” country, in part because of the government’s tough approach to immigration, Jeanette Dickson said.

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