residency in UK

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What Is The Chance For An Img With European Citizenship
To Be Accepted In Residency Programms In Uk ?

 

[FionaS]

Do you mean Foundation Programme (sort or intern equivalent) or Speciality Training (which is sort of residency)?

The short answer, is equal with UK graduates if you also qualified from an EU med school (EU citizenship isn't enough). The longer answer is, it all depends on how good your English is (short application form is the first part of the process), and generally how impressive you are in other aspects.

If you graduate from a non-EU school, then it's just become a whole lot harder, but still doable. There are a bunch of websites dealing with this stuff, but the best place to start is probably www.mmc.nhs.uk which details all the changes to the system that have just taken place, and will at least let you know what terms you ought to be using in your searches.

HTH

 

[Delano]

Hello, thanks for the info. I hope I can use that. What are my chances? Coming from the third worlld? I'm planning to apply for residency there. Are there IMG friendly hospitals there? I'm plannig to specialise in Infectious diseases or Hema-oncology. Thank you very much

 

[leorl]

just to clarify... you're in intern in the phillipines... did you do your training there, because if so...phillipines are obviously non-EU. Very difficult to matriculate into the UK schemes. Also, just to echo the above...even if you are EU but did not complete your medical training at an EU institution, that would also be difficult...your application may be considered non-EU. Lastly, for full national certification, many institutions require that you complete an internship at a compatible hospital. I'm not sure that if you did an internship in Singapore, whether you would earn UK membership.

 

[Delano]

just to clarify... you're in intern in the phillipines... did you do your training there, because if so...phillipines are obviously non-EU. Very difficult to matriculate into the UK schemes. Also, just to echo the above...even if you are EU but did not complete your medical training at an EU institution, that would also be difficult...your application may be considered non-EU. Lastly, for full national certification, many institutions require that you complete an internship at a compatible hospital. I'm not sure that if you did an internship in Singapore, whether you would earn UK membership.

Thank you. I heard I have to repeat my internship if I want to have my residency there. I've already finished my clerkship and then 2 months more of internship. I know it's hard but I hope it's do-able. I can also go to the US but I'm concerned about the peace and order situation there..besides, i think going to the US for residency is a little overrated for me. I have relatives in Belgium. It's near London I heard. So for that, does that mean I have to obtain some sort of a visa there (Belgium) first right? Thank you very much, leorl

 

[f_w]

- EU citizenship will allow you to work in any of the EU countries without any problems to obtain a work permit.

- for the purpose or recognition of your training, it depends on where you graduated from medical school. If you graduated within the EU, countries will recognize each others training. If you graduated outside of the EU, you are in the same pot as any other applicant, citizen or not.

In general, getting into graduate medical training in the UK has gotten quite difficult for non-EU candidates. There are literally thousands of foreign physicians floating around who have passed the PLAB and are trying to get in. With the expansion of the EU, the labor pool for UK hospitals has expanded considerably and getting a position from outside is getting more and more difficult.

 

[Kev (UK)]

Doctors in training in the UK (ie interns, residents) will require a work permit to begin their post. Work permits will only be issued where there is a specific post for the overseas doctor which cannot be filled by someone from within the UK or EEA. This makes it very difficult for non-EEA doctors to secure such a post here. These are new immigration rules implemented last year.

More information and Q&A is available from the NACPME website:

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nacpme/

They state:

An applicant who does not have a right to work in the UK for the full duration of the training programme for which he or she is applying, may make an application. However, it should be noted that current Department of Health (DH) policy is that such an applicant will not be considered for the relevant training programme unless there are insufficient suitable applicants from the EEA. The DH policy also advises employers that they should not assume that doctors who have insufficient leave to remain to complete the programme/post they are applying for will be successful in any application they make to the Home Office to extend their stay.
These applicants should be treated as requiring a work permit.

This guidance was challenged through the High Court and on the 9 February 2007 the judgment found the guidance to be lawful. The DH are currently carefully considering the detailed implications of the judgment, particularly in relation to recruitment to specialty registrar programmes.

 

[leorl]

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