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A third of A&E doctors leaving NHS to work abroad

Britain's most senior casualty doctor says British Accident & Emergency doctors are leaving the country in large numbers.

A third of NHS Accident & Emergency doctors have fled abroad in ...

Highest paid locum

Highest paid locum doctor will rake in £460,000 this year - while the top 10 earners cost the NHS £3million annually

New figures show consultant in general medicine is highest locum ear...

Inglaterra ofrece Estabilidad a los Médicos

Después de las enfermeras, los médicos de familia. El sistema público de salud del Reino Unido ha extendido a los médicos de familia españoles su campaña de contratación internacional para pali...

Locum Doctors

A locum is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another. For example, a locum physician is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician when that physician is absent, or w...

More than a third of NHS doctors born abroad

Britain relies more heavily on foreign doctors than any other major EU nation, according to international research.

More than a third of NHS doctors – 35 per cent – were born abroad,...

NHS beg foreigners in Spain and Italy to work as nurses because Britons don't want jobs

DESPERATE NHS hospital bosses are begging people in Spain and Italy to "come and work for us" because not enough British people want jobs as nurses.

The struggle to fill nursing posts at...

NHS hires up to 3,000 foreign-trained doctors in a year to plug staff shortage.

Guardian investigation finds that aggressive recruitment sees doctors from at least 27 countries hired in 32 of the 160 hospital trusts in England.

Up to 3,000 doctors have been hired fro...

Recruiting foreign nurses 'frustrating and expensive

It is "distracting, frustrating and expensive" to have to recruit large numbers of nurses from overseas, the head of a leading NHS hospital says.

Dr Keith McNeil, who runs Addenbrooke's H...

Thousands of NHS doctors apply to be able to work abroad amid contract changes

General Medical Council reveals 3,468 requests for certificate of current professional status in just 10 days following confirmation of new contracts.

Almost 3,500 NHS doctors have starte...