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Thousands of overseas doctors have been approved to work in the UK without passing English-language tests. - show that as of this month, 15,952 doctors had gained their qualifications from other European countries, but were not required to demonstrate English proficiency ...

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    Dec. 25, 2006, 5:45 a.m.

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    Last week, a coroner who had heard how a patient died as a French GP attempted to make himself understood during a 10-minute call to the emergency services, said that doctors with poor spoken English should be banned from practising in Britain. -

    Under European legislation, doctors who gain their qualifications from countries within the European Economic Area - EU countries plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein - have a right to registration in the UK and are exempt from the GMC's language tests. Similarly, if UK-qualified doctors go to work in other European countries, they are exempt from language-testing.

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