Oh noes! A fuully fledged GP?
Well, Reader, no, actually:
He successfully applied to the Home Office for a highly skilled worker visa to take up a position at an NHS GP surgery in Ilford, east London, called Doctor’s House. The surgery is sponsoring his visa and he began working there on 1 July 2024, as a GP assistant until he completes an exam called PLAB – Professional Linguistics Assessment Board test – that all overseas-qualified doctors must take before they can start to practise as a doctor in the UK.
So he's not yet working as a fully-fledged GP. And maybe never will, if he doesn't qualify.
Ikram Khan, the practice business manager at Doctor’s House surgery, described the Home Office’s decision as lacking in compassion.
Of course he did...
Khan said because of Siddiqui’s ability as a doctor and huge amount of experience he had proved to be a big asset for patients.
Only the ones he can talk to?
“The amount of service Tajwer has been able to provide for our patients has just been incredible. We don’t want to lose him. It would have a terrible impact on the surgery. He is a great asset to the team. But this family cannot be separated. If Tajwer is forced to leave his job here and go back to Pakistan it will be a lose-lose situation for everyone. I understand that ministers want to reduce migration but we thought the new government would be more compassionate than the previous one.”
Stop lying. He cannot be that much of an asset because he's legally unable to work as a GP.
Siddiqui said: “I’m completely preoccupied by the situation with the visa and am in limbo at the moment.”
And what work he is allowed to do is probably hampered by his preoccupation with getting his family here.
6 comments:
Knowing Ilford, not speaking English would not be a problem.
While you are probably right, it is pretty perverse to make life difficult for this guy when the cross channel armada is being allowed to invade us at will.
Stonyground.
A question that needs answers - why does the NHS need imported doctors, don't they train enough British students to provide indigenous doctors, or is it because of the need of interpreters for all the illegals in the country?
"Why does the NHS need imported doctors?"
And why don't their own countries need them?
Perhaps we could have a two tier NHS where fans of positive discrimination, affirmative action, and all that malarkey, get treated by the likes of Tajwer Siddiqui, and the rest of us get treated by UK doctors who we can understand.
Because the BMA conspired with the government to limit medical places to keep salaries high - https://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a748
"Knowing Ilford, not speaking English would not be a problem."
Good point!
"...it is pretty perverse to make life difficult for this guy when the cross channel armada is being allowed to invade us at will."
'We go to war on the foe we have, not the one we want' appears to be the Home Office motto.
"...why does the NHS need imported doctors..."
Another enduring mystery...
"Because the BMA conspired with the government to limit medical places to keep salaries high - https://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a748"
Mystery solved!
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