Medical Colleges Condemn Scrapping of NHS Placements for Overseas Doctors The National Health Service (NHS) has been a beacon of British soft power, attracting medical graduates from low and middle income countries to boost their skills in UK hospitals.
However, beneath the veneer of altruism lies a more complex story – one that exposes the NHS's own bureaucratic ineptitude and its government's priorities.
The Medical Training Initiative (MTI), which enabled up to 500 foreign trained doctors to spend two years in British hospitals, has been scrapped by NHS England.