Quote Originally Posted by cher1 View Post
Of course it's not a good thing. But it's no better to restrict the freedom of companies and public organisations to the extent they are forced to appoint people who are less competent than others. And that's exactly what happened. When you can't appoint an outstanding Dr from India who has done their medical degree at a top Indian uni, in English, but you have to appoint someone from the EU instead, that's madness. And terrible for patients. At least now, if a post is left unfilled by a person with a right to work in the UK, it's open to the world. That's a better principle, although tbh I'd like to see the shortage occupation list extended to make the visa process for those from the EU and the rest of the world easier.

And I'd best not even start on the effect of the EWTD on medical training and patient care.

I wish we were still in the EU, but it'd be foolish to suggest there weren't also immense problems within it. I say that as someone who spent a number of years working on the implementation of one piece of EU legislation in an NHS region.

Sorry Swale!

A quick google search tells us that;

‘There are 25,281 India-qualified doctors in the UK, accounting for 9% of doctors registered with the General Medical Council.12 Apr 2017’.

Whatever rule it was stopping Indian qualified doctors from coming to the UK, it wasn’t a very strict one, though you obviously have knowledge that those figures don’t reflect. No idea how many EU qualified doctors there were or are now but in 2014 the Times said;

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...eu-x8l72tbgw9p

Is there any actual evidence that we were bringing in less competent doctors or patients came to harm because of EU rules? Happy to see it if there was, but if so I’m surprised they didn’t put it on the side of a bus rather than make up the stuff they did.

Anyway the bigger picture is that restricting the number of people who can work here in the way that we have is causing major headaches in the short term and will more than likely continue to do so in the medium and long term.