UK increases Immigration Health Surcharge on professionals outside EU, Indian Doctors protest
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Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from countries like India are often referred to as the "backbone" of the UK's healthcare system as they take up critical posts across hospitals and clinics in the country, the BAPIO pointed out.
London, Feb. 10 : UK-based Indian doctors and healthcare professionals are campaigning against what they describe as an "unfair" doubling of a health surcharge imposed on professionals from outside European Union (EU) living and working in Britain. The "Immigration Health Surcharge" was introduced in April 2015 and from December last year it was hiked from GBP 200 to GBP 400 per year.
It is imposed on anyone in the UK on a work, study or family visa for longer than six months in order to raise additional funds for the country's state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), the UK's largest representative body for Indian-origin doctors, is lobbying the UK Home Office for a rethink over the charge, arguing that it would have an adverse impact on their attempt to recruit more healthcare professionals from India to meet staff shortages in the NHS.
London, Feb. 10 : UK-based Indian doctors and healthcare professionals are campaigning against what they describe as an "unfair" doubling of a health surcharge imposed on professionals from outside European Union (EU) living and working in Britain. The "Immigration Health Surcharge" was introduced in April 2015 and from December last year it was hiked from GBP 200 to GBP 400 per year.
It is imposed on anyone in the UK on a work, study or family visa for longer than six months in order to raise additional funds for the country's state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), the UK's largest representative body for Indian-origin doctors, is lobbying the UK Home Office for a rethink over the charge, arguing that it would have an adverse impact on their attempt to recruit more healthcare professionals from India to meet staff shortages in the NHS.
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