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Health Education England (HEE) and the College of Emergency Medicine are recruiting around 50 doctors from India to work in accident and emergency departments in England. The Telegraph reported that HEE was currently considering applications and that the shortlisted candidates would undergo interviews by Skype video link this week.1 HEE told BMJ Careers that the programme was a result of poor recruitment into emergency medicine. In 2013 and 2014 less than half of the places in higher training for this specialty were filled. And last year a review published by the College of Emergency Medicine found that emergency departments in England were spending an average of £600 000 a year on locums, equating to around £120m a year …

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