Good news or bad news?

For now I think the news that 35% of UK doctors were born elsewhere is good news. This applies to very many of our senior folk - particularly from India - and many with a wealth of Uk qualifications as well. I see this as a recruitment of excellence. But I suspect we are in period of transition and in future the influx will be from Europe. It would be interesting to see the equivalent figures from the USA. If this 35% still applies in 20 years time I would be more concerned (except I won't be around).. Is there really going to be an exodus of UK graduates : I seriously doubt it despite mutterings. Perhaps our projected needs for numbers will not be met from UK born and net immigration will remain large. At the other end of the scale is Poland with only 2.7 % foreign born. Perhaps a combination of language and historical issues and Poland not so attractive for foreign high-fliers help to explain the disparity? Or perhaps Poland produces just the right number of doctors through its own training programmes.
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