Stan, Iain, I don’t think that demography has much or anything to do with it. Indeed, in the younger age group there is now a surplus of doctors. Equally, I don’t think that the NHS is to blame. The problem historically has been that there simply haven’t been enough places in medical school to go round. There were plenty of people who wanted to become doctors, but there was nowhere for them to train. In effect, the British government, which was responsible for both the training and employment of doctors, decided it was more cost-effective to recruit doctors who had been trained overseas.
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Andrew Stuttaford is the editor of National Review's Capital Matters.
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