Rupert Lowe MP
I simply cannot see the justification for importing in thousands and thousands of foreign medical staff, many of whom are not properly qualified and unable to speak English, when we have our own trained people unemployed. What is the possible reasoning behind it? It is MENTAL. To be honest.
I've heard from so many British medics who are unable to find work. I just can't get my head around it. Are the people running NHS recruitment THAT incompetent?
And why are we allowing foreigners to train in our medical schools? We should lift the strict cap on medical school places, and give those spots to British boys and girls.
We're turning someone away from training to be a doctor because they didn't get absolutely 100% perfect results in school? Let's show some common sense here.
If a smart young Brit wants to study medicine, let's make it easier for them to do so. It's that, or we continue importing in foreign medics. Can we always trust their exam/qualification system? No. No we can't.
Put some proper funding into courses for nurses, midwives, doctors, radiographers - everything.
Start investing now. The problem is, the benefits won't be felt until years down the line, so politicians aren't interested. Short term thinking is what's got us into this mess, it certainly won't get us out.
The system is absolutely buggered.Rupert Lowe MP
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I simply cannot see the justification for importing in thousands and thousands of foreign medical staff, many of whom are not properly qualified and unable to speak English, when we have our own trained people unemployed. What is the possible reasoning behind it? It is MENTAL. To be honest.
I've heard from so many British medics who are unable to find work. I just can't get my head around it. Are the people running NHS recruitment THAT incompetent?
And why are we allowing foreigners to train in our medical schools? We should lift the strict cap on medical school places, and give those spots to British boys and girls.
We're turning someone away from training to be a doctor because they didn't get absolutely 100% perfect results in school? Let's show some common sense here.
If a smart young Brit wants to study medicine, let's make it easier for them to do so. It's that, or we continue importing in foreign medics. Can we always trust their exam/qualification system? No. No we can't.
Put some proper funding into courses for nurses, midwives, doctors, radiographers - everything.
Start investing now. The problem is, the benefits won't be felt until years down the line, so politicians aren't interested. Short term thinking is what's got us into this mess, it certainly won't get us out.
The system is absolutely buggered.
