Allow international medical graduates to practice provisionally with salary.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

IMGs who meet the language requirements should be able to practice medicine provisionally on a salaried basis while they are preparing for medical exams. The NHS is understaffed and unprepared for the current Covid-19 crisis. There are many IMGs in the country who could help but are not allowed to.

IMGs who live in the UK receive little to no support with registration. Those who meet the language requirements are required to pass PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 before they have any prospect of earning an income from their profession. Other countries like Germany are favoured by IMGs as they can practice medicine provisionally once they have met the necessary language requirements, while preparing for their medical exams. This change could increase NHS staff numbers and help fight the Covid-19 crisis.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Standards for medical practitioners are set by the General Medical Council, not the Government or Parliament.

You could start a petition calling on the UK Government to encourage the General Medical Council to change the requirements to secure a licence to practice during the coronavirus outbreak, to enable international graduates to help fight the coronavirus outbreak.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

19 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
8 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Apr 2020

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