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Mar 2019
NHS offering £18,500 ‘relocation support’ for UK-qualified GPs
In a move to tackle the current GP shortage, the NHS is to offer ‘relocation support’ to all British GPs working overseas.
The scheme also aims to entice doctors out from career breaks and retirement, and will will be placed on an ‘induction and refresher’ placement to bring their skills up to date, for which they will be paid a bursary of £3,500 a month.
The scheme has already attacked nearly 800 GPs, but is being relaunched today in an attempt to recruit more.
To be eligible for the scheme, doctors must have formerly been on the GMC’s GP Register. They must have had at least 24 months out prior to applying and can have spent up to ten years working overseas.
NHS England’s Dr Nikita Kanani, said “General practice is the bedrock of the health service and is a priority as part of the NHS Long Term Plan This is just one of several plans we have – including having more trainees in place than ever before.
“We understand the pressure GPs are under, and have invested an extra £978 million in core general practice funding by 2023-24 as part of the GP contract, together with a pledge to recruit more than 20,000 healthcare workers to support family doctors over the next five years.”
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