In a bid to empower the medical services in United Kingdom, National Health Services has been actively devising means to train and attract the local talent as per the patient needs but the Observation of General Medical Council is that the role of Overseas Doctors would be critical and crucial in determining the actual felt need fulfilling the streamlining of the healthcare staff all across…
The General Medical Council (GMC) found that nearly two-thirds (63%) of new doctors in 2022 qualified abroad.
The government launched a major plan in June to train and recruit more healthcare workers in England.
But it will take many years for this to take effect, the GMC says.
NHS England says it currently has 10,855 full-time doctor vacancies – a rate of 7.2%.
NHS hopes to recruit and retain “hundreds of thousands” more healthcare staff over the next 15 years. The plan includes spending £2.4bn on additional training places for healthcare workers, with the number of medical school places for student doctors set to double to 15,000 a year.
Trainee doctors must study for five years before they qualify and must then undertake further training.
The health services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also have recruitment and retention programmes in place. Doctors in each UK nation must be registered with the GMC before they can practise.
According to the GMC’s new report, it predicts that in 14 years’ time, the proportion of overseas-trained doctors working in the UK will be similar to the current level (39 %).
The regulator said it was also concerned about the retention of NHS doctors, and said there were “worrying signs” a growing number plan to leave the profession because of “high levels of dissatisfaction and high risk of burnout”.
In 2022, about 2,000 UK doctors left to practise abroad – 15% of the total number leaving the UK profession.
NHS England said its plans include a major drive on retention, including more flexible-working options and career development opportunities.
NHS England firmly believes that its long-term workforce plan aims to recruit more doctors, retain those already in the NHS and reform education and training to make it more flexible and deliver the future workforce that patients need.
This stands as the critical observation by the General Medical Council that the role and Inclusion of Overseas Doctors would be a pertinent necessity if the staffing of the Healthcare Industry has to happen as the realistic recommendations of the National health Services despite the regulator drive-regulator…in the days to come.
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