DOCS AWAY
The Sunday Mirror|June 04, 2023
UK-trained medics fleeing overseas
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DOCS AWAY

MORE than 13,000 doctors who trained in the UK now work abroad, according to new figures that lay bare the NHS staffing crisis.

Many have been lured overseas by offers of higher pay and a better worklife balance, medics said last night.

The growing brain drain has left the NHS struggling to staff hospitals with 8,549 doctor vacancies in secondary care reported in England in March.

Newcastle GP Dr Lizzie Toberty said NHS doctors are being targeted by recruitment agencies overseas.

This story is from the June 04, 2023 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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