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Nigeria-trained Doctors Ranksecond On UK Blacklist by Tolexander: 10:49pm On Dec 31, 2012 |
A DARK cloud seems to be hanging over Nigeria–trained doctors desiring to practise in the United Kingdom. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Request by a British tabloid, the Daily Mail, reveal that three-quarters of the doctors struck off the General Medical Council (GMC) register in the past years are foreign- trained and that those trained in Nigeria rank second on the list of those removed from the professional register of the GMC . According to the figures published in the Mail article of yesterday, India-trained doctors top the list of foreign-trained doctors to be struck off the GMC register in the past five years and Nigeria-trained doctors have the record of being second. Egypt-trained doctors occupy the third spot. The paper revealed further that “194 of the 285 doctors struck off for misconduct or incompetence in the past five years were foreign-trained, while 29 of the 39 removed from the medical register in the past year received their medical degree overseas.” Continuing, the paper disclosed that “with only one-third of the 250,000 doctors on the medical register trained outside the United Kingdom, this means that those from overseas were more than five times likely than British doctors to be banned.” Quoting the data it obtained under the Freedom of Information Request - the equivalent of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act - the Mail revealed that “India has the largest number of doctors struck off in Britain since 2008, followed by Nigeria and Egypt.” This is in sharp contrast to Hong Kong, which has the best record, “with none of more than 700 doctors working here – in the UK – struck off or disciplined in the past five years. New Zealand’s 600 medics also have a clean record.” Based on the revelations, the paper quoted Julia Manning, the chief executive of the 2020 Health think-tank, as saying “these figures are really worrying and shocking” and that “we need to take a hard look at the assessment of all doctors coming into the country.” http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109219:nigeria-trained-doctors-rank-second-on-uk-blacklist&catid=1:national&Itemid=559 |
Re: Nigeria-trained Doctors Ranksecond On UK Blacklist by Mogidi: 1:11pm On Jan 01, 2013 |
Indian doctors are every where on the British NHS. Logic states since numerically you have more Indian doctors, they are bound to top the list. Nigerian doctors in the UK also out number that of Hong Kong but the rascist daily mail won't see that. Anyway first to comment sha. |
Re: Nigeria-trained Doctors Ranksecond On UK Blacklist by Tolexander: 1:59pm On Jan 01, 2013 |
nigerian trained doctors are trying on their own part anyway! Considering archaic apparatus and learning materials put in place for them, bad academic calender caused by ASUU-fg disagreement, uncultured lecturers, poor academia amenities, and lack of finances for the required books. These doctors still tried making do with their little knowledge from 'la crame la pour'. Most of them would be better than the foreign trained if they had their oppurtunites. |
Re: Nigeria-trained Doctors Ranksecond On UK Blacklist by Nobody: 8:12am On Jan 02, 2013 |
Re: Nigeria-trained Doctors Ranksecond On UK Blacklist by jaybee3(m): 9:36am On Jan 02, 2013 |
The stats ain't alarming if analysed properly. It's perfectly normal to have more foreign trained doctors of india/nigeria origin being struck off the GMC list since they also contribute to the most being hired. 1 Like |
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