I’ve been inundated with tweets calling me xenophobic and racist as a result of this @ofocBrexit tweet. But here’s why I think we should train our own young people to be doctors rather than import foreign doctors... thread.https://twitter.com/OFOCBrexit/status/1086947236192219136 …
-
-
Then there’s this. Of course most doctors do a brilliant job - regardless of where they are born or trained. But the GMC does not accept all qualifications from every country for a reason. And they can still get it wrong, as these official figures from 2016 suggest.pic.twitter.com/5TgMIzB7I7
Show this thread -
And then there’s this. It is not xenophobia or racism to want to be abl to easily communicate with your doctor. This is a major concern for NHS patients with foreign doctors. This article is from 2016, *after* the tougher language tests were imposed.pic.twitter.com/8GNh5QZVKK
Show this thread -
And, finally, the issue of language barriers between patient and doctor has been raised by MPs on the Commons health select committee. Or are they all racists and xenophobes too? This article is from 2012.pic.twitter.com/NfXriTqZQr
Show this thread -
It should be possible to have a sensible debate in this country about issues like immigration, training and language without one side incessantly shouting “xenophobia” or “racist” at the other side. Sadly, that’s all some people have as their argument. That’s all. Enjoy your day.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I have never understood why the UK has not fully funded doctors and nurses through education and then contracting them to work for the NHS for a set period or pay fees back. It would help the brain drain as well
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
There is a belief, unfounded the British youngsters can't step up. This is bullshit! The government prefer subservient, eager to work overseas labour. Why? Because they can pay them less and treat them like dirt. They don't kick off because they have a salary higher than at home
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
Bloody ludicrous we have to leave and give futures to our children let foreign drs stay at home and help their own people
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
We do train our own doctors, they leave. 12.7% of UK trained doctors took work/ training abroad in 2016, 13.1% took a break from medicine. That was unrelated to the EU, unrelated to Brexit but largely because of the terrible management of junior doctor contracts by Jeremy Hunt.
-
Yes but don't you remember Julia banging on about Hunt undermining our NHS???..... Neither do i
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I'm 100% with you on this JHB
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
The governments sets the places according to the advice from the GMC. So you need to ask them why they set the limits so low.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
The *only* reason?! Nothing to do with problems retaining British doctors because of increasing workloads, low pay, burn-out and exhaustion? Training more British doctors won’t do much good if we can’t keep them in the job.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Spectacular own goal. You’ve admitted it’s the UK govt’s choice not to train doctors. Nothing to do with EU. And I assume you are now calling for increased spending to train more doctors?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
because for years we have become a nation that has failed to train our youngsters, always looking for the finished article, as its cheaper than having to give them a genuine career path
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
No-one is disputing need to train more Dr's in UK. And retain them. But if you add 5000 more med school places this year, will take 10 years before they become GPs. Meanwhile need Dr's now.
-
Sure. But we cannot go on indefinitely denying generations of UK school leavers the opportunity to do medicine, that they apply in 1000s to do but 9/10 are turned away, and blighting their chances by taking someone else from abroad to do a job they should and could have done.
-
We should create more opportunities for British students to study medicine. That requires investment in medical schools to create training capacity. But it won't solve shortage of Dr's overnight. No foreign Dr is denying a British Dr a job - there are vacancies.
-
Exactly so. But ever since I trained as a doctor there have never been enough training places. This denies children who go to school in the UK who work extremely hard, do extra exams and experience the opportunity of filling these roles in society. Whilst we poach from abroad.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Ask the BMA. And then there's the usual management response about why should we train people only for them to bugger off and earn more money overseas. We should train more doctors and nurses here and make them pay back loans if they leave the country.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.