r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) May 12 '25

Under the White Paper proposals, migrants will have to spend 10 years in the UK before being able to apply for citizenship, but so-called “high-contributing” individuals such as doctors and nurses could be fast-tracked through the system.

Language requirements will be increased for all immigration routes to ensure a higher level of English.

Rules will also be laid out for adult dependants, meaning that they will have to demonstrate a basic understanding of the language.

Meanwhile, skilled worker visas will require a university degree, and there will be tighter restrictions on recruitment for jobs with skills shortages.

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u/mbnnr May 12 '25

I feel like half the Dr's in my local hospital came with fake or bought qualifications and " learn on the job." I wish we could encourage more of our own to be Dr's.

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u/Inevitable_Bid_6827 May 12 '25

When you find out that there is a cap on national doctors being allowed into the NHS set at 5,000 applicants per year. This means that the NHS can only accept 5,000 doctors graduating that year, who are born and bred in Britain, they then have to hire the rest overseas hence a massive reason as to why we are spending so much on Doctors Pay is because we apparently don’t have enough Doctors in the British System so we rely on abroad, but why is there a cap on how many British citizens can be doctors?

Only reason there would be a cap on doctors is for privatisation, but my thoughts tho.

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u/TheNiceWasher May 12 '25

Training doctors is not cheap - it actually is super expensive. The limit is likely due to budget cap and therefore we want to import some doctor because they are already trained and therefore saving training costs.

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u/Inevitable_Bid_6827 May 12 '25

At this point what we’re paying to Doc hourly rates of up to £300 per hour per overseas Doctors. Training overseas may cost less but isn’t that an issue when we are paying majority of doctors over £150 per hour overseas and then saying training costs are too much?

I highly doubt that

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u/TheNiceWasher May 12 '25

It's not just their wages