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UK visa row sees thousands of doctors quit NHS

17:50 16/04/2021
Sanwar Ali : additional reporting and comments Doctors are quitting the NHS in droves and heading overseas amid an ongoing row over UK visas for elderly parents. Last month, Workpermit.com reported...

UK immigration policy will cause another Windrush scandal

13:15 16/03/2021
Top NHS officials have warned that UK immigration policy will lead to another Windrush scandal as rising numbers of foreign senior doctors are being forced to quit their jobs. Senior clinicians are...

Change UK visa rules for adult dependents doctors urge

17:20 15/01/2021
UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has been urged to alter UK visa rules for adult dependent relatives by prominent doctors’ organisations. A joint letter issued by the organisations says that the...

37-week wait for UK migrants needing NHS care, research says

22:46 16/10/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali : Migrants are typically having to pay for health care twice. They pay through taxes. They also have to pay the immigration health surcharge that is increasing from £400 a year...

UK immigration health surcharge stays says Priti Patel

0:42 19/05/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali Seems that it was never the intention to seriously consider removing the requirement that health care staff mainly on Tier 2 visas and their dependents, pay the immigration...

UK Budget hits migrants with £624 immigration health surcharge

23:48 15/03/2020
Sanwar Ali comment: UK visa fees are already very high. This huge increase in the immigration health surcharge will make it even more unaffordable for migrants. After the end of the Brexit...

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