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Last Updated on : 1st July 2009

 

 

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New immigration rules for
postgraduate doctors and dentists

  

Department of Health
Website of the Department of Health

 

New immigration rules for international medical graduates

* Last modified date:
6 February 2008

New immigration rules that will restrict international medical graduates' (IMGs) access to UK post graduate medical training were today welcomed by the Health Secretary Alan Johnson.

The Home Office has laid immigration rules implementing the first part of the new Points Based System, which is the Tier 1 (General) route for highly skilled migrants.

The new rules start to take effect from 29 February 2008

The new rules take effect from 29 February 2008. They will not impact on recruitment until 2009 and will prohibit the following people from accessing post graduate medical training posts:

From 29 February

• Migrants from overseas who are applying to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)

• Migrants already in the UK who are applying to switch to Tier 1 (General)

From 1 April 2008

• Migrants in India who are applying for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.

The following people will be exempt from the regulations:

• Those who currently have leave to remain in the UK as a Highly Skilled Migrant

• Postgraduate doctors or dentists who are seeking leave to remain as a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.

These changes to the immigration rules are expected to reduce the potential pool of new migrant applicants by between 3,000 to 5,000 in 2009.

Latest Immigration News

HSMP has changed to a new Points Based Immigration System

Questions and answers
The link above contains common questions and answers related to the changes
to immigration rules for postgraduate doctors and dentists. It is about Immigration and International Recruitment in general

 

MOST URGENT!

 

Modernising Medical Careers has been modified after failing to provide
a reliable system for selecting the best available trainees through the MTAS

The selection system has gone back to Deanery based selections. For more details, go to the
MMC website by clicking HERE

 

 

The table below shows which specialties will offer run-through training and which will offer core training followed
by open competition.

Offer of run-through training
in 2009

Offer with Uncoupling in 2009

(Core training followed by open competition to higher specialty training)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

General Medicine

Ophthalmology

Anaesthesia

Paediatrics and Child Health

Clinical Oncology

General Practice

Psychiatry

Public Health Medicine

Occupational Medicine

Neurosurgery

Emergency Medicine

Histopathology

Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Oral Maxillo Facial Surgery

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Paediatric Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery*

Urology**

Chemical Pathology

Medical Microbiology

Clinical Radiology

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery*

 

 

 

Foundation Programme and Overseas Doctors!

Please visit the GMC web site for details of eligibility after PLAB.

Licensing: GMC has introduced their Licensing system from this April depending on whether you
will be practicing medicine or just doing academic work. Please visit the GMC site for more
information.

F1 and F2 year programmes details are available here

These will have important implications on your eligibility for jobs.

Those who have completed Internship as part of their Medical Qualification (as is mandatory
for most Overseas Doctors), will NOT be eligible for F1 Posts.

F2 posts will be first given to all who satisfactorily complete F1 and an unspecified number
will be available to Overseas Doctors.

It has been reported that many doctors are unsuccessful in the evaluation tests conducted for
F1 trainees leading to potential termination of their training.

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PMETB Click on the link to go to Article 14 and the Equivalence route

which gives the details required. This is for senior Anaesthetists who have had
Post Graduate experience and Training

 

About Me!                  

                   Click on the link above if you wish to know more about me                                       
               
                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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 I have found that a lot of candidates aspiring
to come to UK for Training in Anaesthesia in the UK don't have proper guidance
or information and we are all finding it increasingly difficult
to personally advise each and every candidate about the system here
                 Unfortunately, even the many candidates that  have personally
benefited from our help, don't give back anything to the system
and don't help or guide their friends who follow them.
                 I therefore thought I would save myself and my friends
(Consultant Colleagues) and the Trainees, the trouble of repeating
things over and over again and not being able to consistently
spare the time to do so.

                In the UK, a Consultant's life has become much harder
and we work longer hours and have a lot of admin work as well.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Please remember that I am only doing this out of goodwill.

I cannot get you a Clinical Attachment or a job. Please don't send me
your CV. I won't have time to look at it.

I am not an authority on any of these matters.

Any clarification about eligibility to apply, PLAB exemption,
Examination eligibility, etc. should be sought from the
relevant authorities e.g. RCA, GMC etc.

Many Consultants are leaving the NHS and going to other countries
and some are retiring much earlier.
              So please understand if Consultants don't respond
immediately or pleasantly. A lot of us work harder than trainees half our age. 





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This is to avoid any hard feelings afterwards.



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