Abstract

Medical bodies have urged the home secretary to extend the visas of around 200 doctors who were left stranded in the UK when the General Medical Council postponed its exams because of the covid-19 pandemic. The BMA wrote a letter to Priti Patel which was co-signed by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), the Association of Pakistani Physicians of Northern Europe, the Nepalese Doctors Association, the Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain, and the British International Doctors’ Association. The letter said that more than 3000 doctors were waiting to take their second Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB 2) test—the final assessment needed before overseas doctors are granted licence to practise in the UK. …

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