Support for Overseas Doctors

 

Introduction

Yorkshire Deanery aims to provide excellent training for doctors from overseas who come here to further their own professional development, and who, in the process, make a valuable contribution to the National Health Service.

Overseas doctors are subject to complex regulations, they may be used to a very different health care and training system, they may find themselves disadvantaged in the competition for the most appropriate training posts, the training provided may not be relevant to the situation they will return to in their own country, and, in the past at least, may have found the balance tilted too far towards service provision and too far away from training.

 

Yorkshire Deanery Handbook for Overseas Doctors - July 2006 version

This handbook is intended as a guide for doctors from overseas, to help them to make the most of their time in Yorkshire and in the UK, with outlines of the regulations and structures, and sources of more detailed help and information.

It is also intended to help consultants, tutors, postgraduate medical centre staff, medical personnel departments and others who have dealings with overseas doctors.

I am quite happy for pages, sections or the whole book to be reproduced for any useful purpose. I have made every effort to ensure that the information is accurate, but I cannot guarantee it, and I can take no responsibility for the consequences of actions based on the information in this handbook. If you do notice any errors, or if you have ideas to improve on the information provided, then please let me know.

I am very grateful to Dr Maeve Keaney, Associate Postgraduate Dean in Manchester, for permission to plagiarise the excellent handbook that she produced for overseas doctors in the Northwest Region.

The BMJ (19 June 2004) produced a special issue on overseas doctors that is full of useful information and advice, including advice from overseas doctors who have experienced the system. See links or downloadable documents top right.

Dr Patrick Neligan
Associate Postgraduate Dean
Yorkshire Deanery
Willow Terrace Road
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT

Tel: 0113-343 1567 Fax: 0113-343 1530 E-mail: p.neligan@yorkshiredeanery.com