Pandemic drives 85% drop in overseas doctors taking PLAB test to work in UK

Overseas doctors being assessed to practise in the UK have dropped by 85% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - slowing the flow of doctors into the NHS, GPonline can reveal.

by Luke Haynes

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