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Higher lay-off risk for Indian in UK
Higher Lay-Off Risk For Indian And Foreign Doctors Of South Asian Origin In UK. Britain’s General Medical Council (BGMC) has recently revealed that docors who are Indian citizens form the highest number of doctors sacked in the United Kingdom over the last five years.
Britain’s General Medical Council (BGMC) has recently revealed that docors who are Indian citizens form the highest number of doctors sacked in the United Kingdom over the last five years.
BGMC added that that the number of doctors of Indian-origin who got sacked in the last five years is 250, the data indicating the doctors working in the UK but trained in India are four times as likely to get sacked than their white counterparts. The numbers mean that one out of every 250 doctors of Indian-origin have been sacked.
Since 2009, statistics show that 117 doctors trained in India and Pakistan have been barred from practicing medicine in Britain. The number of doctors from India being the highest, followed by Pakistan, Egypt and Nigeria.
More than 95, 000 doctors trained outside UK currently work in the country, majority of whom are of Indian origin. These foreign-trained doctors make up a quarter of the nation’s total population of doctors.
The British Association of Physicians of Indian-Origin (BAPIO) had taken to Court both the Royal College of General Practitioners which conducts the exam, and the General Medical College (GMC) which is responsible for ensuring a fair process. BAPIO alleged them of racial discrimination, stating that UK-based trainee GPs from Indian background were four times more likely to fail their assessment, and international medical graduates were 16 times more likely to fail the exam than their white counterparts, in spite of having successfully completed identical training. BAPIO did not win the case.
