By Daily Mail Reporter
A shortage of junior doctors is forcing the NHS to recruit hundreds of doctors from India this year.
Tighter immigration rules introduced three years ago meant many overseas medics left the UK instead of taking up training posts.
This, combined with European regulations restricting doctor working hours and childcare breaks, has left dozens of hospitals struggling to fill vacancies.
The medics are needed across a range of specialities from obstetrics and gynaecology to paediatrics and accident and emergency.
Professor Derek Gallen, who is postgraduate dean of medical training for Wales, said: ‘We pulled the plug on overseas recruitment far too quickly. Read more…
