This scheme gave doctors from low- & middle-income countries up to 2yrs to boost skills in the NHS making them better doctors when they went home. Only cost £176K/year. Now axed. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/31/medical-colleges-condemn-scrapping-of-nhs-placements-for-overseas-doctors
Medical colleges condemn scrapping of NHS placements for overseas doctorsScheme brought in up to 500 foreign-trained doctors a year and was seen as example of British ‘soft power’www.theguardian.com