NHS: Overseas Doctors Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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NHS: Overseas Doctors
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts(6 years ago)
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
Will my noble friend give the House an assurance that all overseas doctors will be submitted to the same checks on their medical qualifications and knowledge of language as all EEA doctors are obliged to submit to before they are allowed to practise in this country?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
All overseas doctors—I think my noble friend was talking about non-EEA doctors—should obviously have the requisite qualifications to practise. At the danger of repeating myself, if those doctors are on the shortage occupation list, there should be no bar to obtaining a visa.