A Fair Fix or a Patch? The UK Training Priority Bill Explained

The UK is proposing a major change to postgraduate medical training: a new Bill would prioritise UK medical graduates for Foundation and specialty training offers when posts are limited. In this video I break down what it actually changes, when it would kick in, and the difficult fairness and workforce questions it raises, especially for IMGs already working in the NHS.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:15 What is the UK Graduate Priority Bill?
01:24 Terminology explained (UKMG vs IMG)
02:19 Typical UK medical training timeline
03:58 Why the Bill exists (the bottleneck)
11:28 What other countries do (Canada, Australia, Ireland, US)
15:43 PLAB: what it is, and what it isn’t
19:47 What this means for IMGs already in the UK
20:28 Is it fair, just, and moral?

References:
The Bill ► https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4062
Impact Statement ► https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...
NHSE Guidance on the Bill ► https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/...

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