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Health Professions: Migrant Workers

Lords · Question HL8685 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

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Asked by Lord Boateng

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of NHS doctors and clinicians recruited from overseas by the NHS in the past three years were from (1) Nigeria, (2) Ghana, and (3) other Sub-Saharan African countries; and whether they have made an assessmen

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 1 Jul 2025

We hugely value our health and social care workers from overseas who work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and enhance our health and care workforce with their valuable skills, experience, and expertise.No assessment has been made of the savin...