Contracts have been put out to tender that could see half of the extra 5,000 GPs promised by 2020 brought in from abroad.
start recruiting in the autumn with EU doctors being targeted first.
doctors are capitalists and will move to the money.
Why is the NHS under so much pressure?An ageing population. There are one million more people over the age of 65 than five years ago. This has caused a surge in demand for medical careCuts to budgets for social care. While the NHS budget has been protected, social services for home helps and other care have fallen by 11 per cent in five years. This has caused record levels of “bedblocking”; people with no medical need to be in hospital are stuck there because they can’t be supported at homeStaff shortages. While hospital doctor and nurse numbers have risen over the last decade, they have not kept pace with the rise in demand. Meanwhile 2016 saw record numbers of GP practices close, displacing patients on to A&E departments as they seek medical advice
The NHS admitted last month that a £1bn drive to free up 2,000 to 3,000 hospital beds in England by this autumn had failed.
