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Press Assoc. - Wednesday, February 6 04:08 pm
New immigration rules will stop doctors from outside the EU applying for postgraduate training posts in the UK, it has been announced.
The Home Office has laid out new regulations to prevent overseas doctors applying for foundation and speciality training posts.
It follows criticisms that homegrown doctors are unable to find jobs once they graduate from UK medical schools.
The rules, which will first affect recruitment in 2009, would see a drop of between 3,000 and 5,000 overseas applications next year, official estimates suggest.
The rules apply to doctors currently not resident in the UK - it will not affect doctors with medical jobs already here on the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme.
The Government estimates that around 10,000 non-EU medical graduates are currently in the UK.
Figures suggest that up to 1,100 UK doctors could still miss out on a training post in 2009 and beyond owing to the number of overseas doctors.
The Government said therefore it was launching a consultation on guidance which says doctors currently in the UK on HSMP can only get a job here if there is no UK or EU doctor suitable for the role.
The Court of Appeal ruled in November that such guidance was unlawful. The Government appealed against that decision and the case is due to be heard by the House of Lords, with a decision expected in May.
Around 1,300 UK graduates missed out on a training post last year.

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the bloody end of NHS

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