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Originally Posted by BBKing
This does, of course, all happen in reverse as well, since we can all get treatment free abroad.
My main point, I suppose, is that far from us being the poor put upon British mugs of tabloid fury, used and abused by horrible nasty foreigners, we're a) taking doctors and nurses from abroad because they're cheap*, thus leaving poorer countries with worse healthcare and b) going abroad to save money, thus using other people's healthcare services. Something doesn't quite add up here, if we're saving money and expanding capacity with all these imported doctors, why aren't there enough dentists such that people are forced to travel a thousand miles across Europe?
* This is rather bad news for British trainee medics, who after last year's debacle where there were twice as many people as posts and the idiotic MMC system meant that unsuitable candidates ended up getting interviews, this year it's going to be *three* times. At least Patricia Hewitt's gone.
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WHAT???
I lived with a student nurse for 2 yrs in the housing at my local A&E hospital.
The majority of students were from other countries and were getting their nursing and doctors qualifications over here because it is so much CHEAPER and available than their home countries.
A lot of them stay here because they are better paid than at home (depending where "home" is) but a lot do go abroad as soon as they qualify.