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Dozens of extra foreign doctors have been drafted in to help NHS hospitals head off a winter crisis, Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, will announce today.
They are among 260 extra doctors who will bolster accident and emergency units as pressure continues to grow on hospitals across England.
Extra numbers of junior doctors have this year opted to work in emergency medicine and they will be joined within weeks by new overseas recruits on fixed-term contracts, Mr Hunt will reassure MPs.
The move comes amid fears among ministers that hospitals could find it difficult to cope if the country is hit by prolonged cold weather or a serious outbreak of flu or a vomiting bug.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ctors-to-stave-off-winter-crisis-9807023.html
They are among 260 extra doctors who will bolster accident and emergency units as pressure continues to grow on hospitals across England.
Extra numbers of junior doctors have this year opted to work in emergency medicine and they will be joined within weeks by new overseas recruits on fixed-term contracts, Mr Hunt will reassure MPs.
The move comes amid fears among ministers that hospitals could find it difficult to cope if the country is hit by prolonged cold weather or a serious outbreak of flu or a vomiting bug.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ctors-to-stave-off-winter-crisis-9807023.html