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The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), responsible for recruitment within the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), aims to position India as the global hub for medical talent. The largest group of 65,000 doctors of Indian origin in the UK plans to transform India into a top ...

Although incredibly controversial, inbreeding in Britain is probably more common than you think.One academic study examining rates of 'extreme' inbreeding – where parents of a child are considered to be first- or second-degree relatives – found 125 Brits out of a sample of 450,000 were the result of such unions.First degree ...

As the old adage has it, an institution is only as good as the people who work within it. So while we plough ever more billions of pounds into the ailing NHS, why are our politicians doing so little to remedy its acute and growing staffing crisis?Figures released last ...

A consultant orthopedic surgeon who quit the NHS after claiming it was 'institutionally racist' has been suspended for posting a series of anti-Islamic tweets.Dr Keyur Buch, 62, a devout Hindu, tweeted and retweeted 'racially and religiously hostile' messages on X, formerly Twitter, in which he compared Islam to a 'Nazi ...

This time of year is always difficult for those who have lost a loved one, but for Melissa Mead and her husband Paul it is agonisingly so.For it was in December 2014, with Christmas just days away, that their one-year-old son William – their firstborn and longed-for baby – ...

Almost 50 overseas trained nurses and midwives in the UK who 'likely' qualified fraudulently are still being allowed to treat patients while under investigation, MailOnline can reveal.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) today confirmed that 48 Nigerian professionals are suspected of paying someone to a sit computer-based exam that ...

The recruitment of nurses from poor countries by rich nations such as the UK is 'out of control', a global nursing body has warned.The International Council of Nurses (ICN) said six or seven high-income countries are driving 'intense recruitment' from places that 'can ill-afford to lose their nurses'.Ghana is ...

FRI 3 FEB Train drivers Train drivers who are members of the Aslef union are on strike Most train companies across England are affected Disruption is also expected on some services between England and Scotland, and between England and Wales Customers are encouraged to check their route before travelling ...

More Indian students than Chines students in the UK, become the largest group of foreign students | Representative Photo Indian students have for the first time overtaken Chinese as the largest group of foreign students studying in the UK with a massive 273 per cent hike in visas granted ...

The UK is about to be hit by a large wave of Covid hospitalisations and the peak could be even higher than last winter despite the reduced severity of Omicron, SAGE have warned.In minutes from a meeting on December 23 published last night, the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies warned ...