Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 36133
Doctors: Migrant Workers
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the increase of international medical graduates coming to the UK for work on the employment rate of British medical graduates.
Answer
Karin SmythThere is no obligation on employers to prioritise British nationals before foreign nationals for medical posts in the National Health Service. Internationally educated staff remain an important part of the workforce, and our Code of Practice for Internati...
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