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This perennial argument is reflected in the travails of the Welsh Ambulance Service where they had to issue a request over the weekend asking for callouts to be restricted to emergencies only.

And following on from last weeks report on the future of maternity services, we learn that there are not enough midwives to keep maternity units open, leading to pregnant women being turned away. So where are all these midwives going to come from & who is going to provide the community midwifery required? I know of a number of midwives who will not be moving with the reconfigured services and are switching into alternative careers as practice nurses or working part-time. And then we have this!

Then again I thought that the justification for the closure was that there were not enough doctors around to meet the demands of the EWTD? Just when the NHS was doing this!

So what is their justification for getting rid of over 15,000 doctors?

Dr Edwin Borman, chair of the BMA International Committee, says: “The government’s recent treatment of overseas doctors has been very disappointing. They were given the impression that they’d be able to contribute to the NHS, and spend their whole careers in the UK, then the rules changed overnight and many were forced to leave. The failure of the government to consult with the medical profession meant that they had little opportunity to prepare to leave the country.”

J.M. Purcell, a senior doctor based in Carlisle, said: “In essence, this means that doctors I have seen invest time, commitment and resources in the NHS stand to lose the opportunity to continue training here with no warning or chance to alter their plans.

“It will mean that doctors who have dedicated themselves to the NHS and begun to study for their UK postgraduate exams who were born in India will be second choice to a Polish doctor who has no experience of the NHS.

“I have profound concerns about this unjust shift which speaks volumes about the unfair way in which the immigration system operates in the UK and the high personal cost this has for individuals”.

I think that this could do with being highlighted.

What then is the purpose of the Additionality requirements?

NHS Employers discussion paper on the Future of the Medical workforce.

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