Overseas doctor

Overseas Doctors are the doctorsfrom countries outside the European Unionwho are working in the National Health Servicein the United Kingdom. Overseas Doctors' contributions is significant to the NHS from the 1960's. 17% of the consultants are from India, which is a major contributor of overseas doctors. Recently one study has shown that 30%-40% of junior doctors (the senior house officers, pre-registration house officersand Trust Doctors) are from overseas. Recently there is a backlash from local graduates against the overseas doctors as the number of doctors passing Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board test(PLAB) and coming into the country is disproportionate to the number of training posts available. Overseas doctors who pass PLAB exam may have to sometimes wait for up to a year to get their first job, they are being exploited by the system and is a huge loss of doctor years.

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