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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers

Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

NHS facing ‘huge holes’ in workforce if foreign doctors leave UK, report warns

The General Medical Council says 4,880 doctors who trained abroad left the UK workforce in 2024 – a 26% increase on 3,869 in 2023.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2025

Warning NHS will ‘struggle to fill’ roles if foreign doctors leave UK

Doctors who qualified outside of the UK currently make up around 42 per cent of the workforce

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2025

‘Worrying signs’ that more medics plan to leave the workforce, regulator warns

The GMC’s annual report also said doctors from overseas should be ‘welcomed, valued and supported’.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

End rules stopping thousands of doctors working in GP surgeries, says GMC chief

Exclusive: regulator warns ‘patients will suffer’ if growing group of medics in NHS restricted mainly to hospitals

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

General Medical Council warn that NHS backlog cannot be fixed with 'exhausted' clinicians

THE General Medical Council (GMC) is warning that the backlog of care in the NHS cannot be addressed with an “exhausted and depleted supply of…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 19, 2022

GMC warns of high risk of doctor burnout

The regulator warned: ‘what should have been a blip is in danger of becoming a trend’.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022