Forced to stay in the NHS after medicine?

Good to see we are training the right sort of people.

In my first year of practice in the USA i intend to fully pay back any finance I have recieved from the UK. I also didn't say I'dbe moving directly after my degree with no contribution to NHS. Simply wanted to know if it was compulsory or not. So yeah, shove your assumptions where the sun doesn't shine matey

Good to see we are training the right sort of people.

Hi!

I'm looking at doing graduate entry medicine in 2020, afterwards I will be moving to the USA to practice medicine (I'm aware of this process, I am entitled to an American visa through family).

I remember a few years ago the proposal to force those who had funding from the NHS to stay in the UK to work for 4 years, did this end up actually coming into effect? I remember their being crazy strikes over it and I can't seem to find a definitive answer on google.

Thanks for any help!
MM

The strikes were about compulsory service to the NHS?!

Ah, it's one of those threads - applicants sniping at other applicants in the Current Medical Students and Doctors forum (the clue is literally in the name).

Anyway, OP: those plans have been shelved for the time being as far as I'm aware. It's certainly not current policy.

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/practice-topics/education/dh-shelves-plans-to-handcuff-uk-trained-doctors-to-nhs-for-four-years/20034984.article

In my first year of practice in the USA i intend to fully pay back any finance I have recieved from the UK. I also didn't say I'dbe moving directly after my degree with no contribution to NHS. Simply wanted to know if it was compulsory or not. So yeah, shove your assumptions where the sun doesn't shine matey

I fully understand people who want to move abroad after graduation (I myself might do that), but just wanted to point out that educating doctors costs the NHS way more than any tuition fees/loan/bursaries etc. that you might pay back :P

Yeah I understand that too, but I’m not the one who decides how much to charge us so 🤗 Just trying to give back as much as I can given my situation 😃

Might be worth staying to complete your FY1 year to get your full registration. Makes things a lot easier if you decide to come back (though I'm not entirely sure why you would, but you never know - family etc!)

slightly unrelated question but is it true that u have to undergo a 2 year program in order to qualify to work in the US if u have a degree from the UK? (in medicine and dentistry)

Let me explain myself a little better, granted I didn’t in the OP.

I married an American, hence I will be able to get a visa fairly easily. In a marriage compromise needs to happen, so we plan to live in the US for a while so we can be near her family.

We plan to return to the UK at a later date where I will definitely be working in the NHS if they’ll have me.

Many UK doctors move to the USA for a cash grab, not the case here which is why I want to at least make sure all of my debt is cleared.

If I married a British girl, I would spend my entire career in the NHS.