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NHS trust issues UK immigration charges apology

11:56 12/07/2021
An NHS trust has apologised for charging ‘overseas’ patients for healthcare in accordance with UK immigration rules. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust (LGT) said it was ‘sorry for any instances where...

Making NHS less reliant on UK immigration met with backlash

11:03 22/06/2021
Comments made by the UK’s potential new NHS chief to ‘make the NHS less reliant on foreign workers’ has been met with a huge backlash. NHS workers have hit back at Baroness Dido Harding who made a...

Home Office sued over Kent UK immigration crisis

13:17 10/06/2021
Kent County Council is suing the Home Office over an escalating UK immigration crisis in the region. Council bosses are set to launch a judicial review amid a rising number of unaccompanied child...

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 rules tweaked to help NHS

12:10 08/03/2021
A number of new health roles will be added to the UK immigration Shortage Occupation List (SOL), the government has announced. Laboratory technicians, nursing assistants, pharmacists and senior care...