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

Medical colleges condemn scrapping of NHS placements for overseas doctors

Two medics write up notes in a hospital
The Medical Training Initiative has brought 400-500 foreign-trained doctors to work in Britain every year. Photograph: Ian Miles/Flashpoint Pictures/Alamy

The NHS has scrapped a longstanding scheme that let overseas doctors boost their skills in UK hospitals and was seen as an example of British “soft power”.

Senior doctors have criticised NHS England’s decision to axe the Medical Training Initiative, under which 400 to 500 foreign-trained doctors were given placements in Britain every year.

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