Twitter, a day in the life of. 1. Make comments that are perfectly sensible 2. Get accused of racism and xenophobia 3. Post factual evidence to back up your comments 4. Get accused of, variously, back-peddling, doubling down *and* proving your xenophobia 5. Repeat chorus to fade
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Here's my take on it. It was a silly remark you made but it's been blown up out of all proportion. I personally can't agree with you because my life has been saved on three separate occasions by Indian doctors and multiracial support staff. Thousands will tell you the same.
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12.8% of NHS clinicians are overseas trained. around 6% from EU and the rest from non EU countries. The NHS already has 1 in 11 clinical posts unfilled (more like 1 in 8 in nursing) so around 100,000 posts - predicted to increas to around 300,000 on current trajectory
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we absolutely should not have policy of taking large numbers of clinical staff from countries which are short of them and who have put expense into training them (though as an aside, anyone who advocates free markets would not want to movement of talent to highest bidder)
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fortunately many of the nations our recruits come from have overproduced clinical practitioners and so have some medical/nursing/therapies unemployment. And schemes like MTI ensure people go back to own country after a period working in UK
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soundbite to say "train more at home" but serial governments failed to plan or invest sufficiently in training and it takes 3-4 years to train a nurse or AHP to entry level (many more years to develop specialist skills) and for Drs 5-6 yrs then 6-10 postgrad to be GP/Consultant
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we also need to do more to treat our people better at every career stage whether they are UK born/trained or not because many are leaving or going less than full time. None of these complex, long term problems have a quick "Magic workforce tree" fix
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neither Brexit nor very restrictive approaches to visas for non EU staff will solve the problem and nor will rhetoric and soundbites do it. Logistics, detail and planning matter even if they dont make for good radio or question time appearances
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Maybe MSM journos should be taught there.
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My wife’s oncologist was from Pakistan originally. He kept her alive for four years longer than she was originally meant to at original diagnosis, his registrar who was also fantastic was from Romania. You know fuck all
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What are your medical qualifications?
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Julia as the grandson of an Indian doctor who came here to work here in the 1950s and was unable to because people didnt want to be treated by 'people like him' I find the fact you hold these views in 21st century incredibly disturbing......
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Indian doctors are not a concern. Please stop speaking
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Have you ever been treated by an Indian doctor? I have, today. Skilled surgeon performed very tricky procedure to tendons in my hand. He and his
#NHS colleagues across the disciplines dedicated and caring. Incredible professionals from various countries. Do share your evidenceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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A huge amount of the tea we drink comes from india as well. What’s your point? If India produces good doctors keep em coming.
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India is not in the EU. You were discussing EU migrants.
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