Foreign doctors can come to work at English hospital trusts to gain experience to implement in practice in their home countries.
Several NHS trusts in England have been accused of using foreign doctors as “cheap labour”, with training schemes branded “exploitative”, an investigation has found.
However, an investigation by The British Medical Journal claims some fellows are paid less than other employees, and have fewer benefits. It claims senior fellows from Pakistan who worked at UHB as grade three specialty trainee registrars or above were paid a stipend of between £2,700 and £3,600 a month by CPSP, which is the equivalent of £32,400 to £43,200 tax-free a year.
Michael Newman, an employment lawyer at law firm Leigh Day, told The BMJ that every worker is entitled to maternity leave after they begin employment by law, and they are entitled to statutory maternity pay after 26 weeks of employment.In light of the BMJ investigation, CPSP is set to review and overhaul some guidelines, but said the scheme has improved healthcare in Pakistan.
Diane Wake, chief executive of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, told The BMJ: “As we do not directly employ staff who are a part of the medical trainee scheme we are, therefore, not responsible for their remuneration.
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