‘It's beyond frustrating’: medics trained overseas barred from UK frontline

General Medical Council urged to cut red tape blocking foreign doctors eager to serve NHS

Jennifer Lee is desperate to work in the NHS. A doctor with Ivy League training, she has specialised in respiratory and intensive care medicine for more than a decade in New York. Her skills are crucial in the current crisis. But according to the Doctors’ Association UK , she remains one of thousands of experienced foreign doctors being excluded from the battle against coronavirus by “unnecessary and hostile red tape”.

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