Home Office decried for blocking NHS scheme to use more trainee doctors from overseas

Expansion of initiative to tackle staff shortages is part of health service’s long-term plan. The Home Office is blocking plans already agreed by the health secretary and NHS bosses to let more overseas doctors come to Britain to help tackle the health service’s staff shortages. It has refused to allow the planned expansion of the medical training initiative (MTI) to go ahead, despite its inclusion in the government-backed NHS long- term plan. Groups representing doctors are frustrat