Indian-origin Doctors Getting Sacked In UK

The highest number of doctors laid off in the UK over the past five years came from India, a report by Great Britain's General Medical Council (GMC) revealed.

Over the past five years, one out of every 250 doctors of Indian origin was sacked. The report also says that doctors trained in India but working in the UK are four times more likely to be sacked.

Since 2009, 117 doctors trained in India and Pakistan had been debarred from practising in Britain. India tops the sacking list, followed by Pakistan, Egypt and Nigeria. More than 95,000 foreign-trained doctors work in the UK, making up nearly 25% of the total, and a majority of them are Indians.

The report follows the British researchers’ call for making the tests more difficult for foreign doctors. According to them, nearly 50% of all foreign doctors in Britain do not possess the requisite skills.

The University College London said it had found a performance gap between international and UK medical graduates, and recommended increasing the pass mark from 63% to 76%.
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