Politics of untruths It costs £150,000 to £200,000 to train a GP in Britain, and even then there’s no guarantee they won’t emigrate to a country like Canada or Australia, Kanneganti points out. Overseas doctors arrive ready-trained, and keen to stay. “Farage should stop talking politics and realise the immense contribution of immigrant doctors,” he says. Accents can sometimes be hard to understand, says the deputy chair of the British Medical Association, Kailash Chand, but he argues that’s a problem within the UK, too. “Sometimes you can’t understand what a Scottish person is saying, sometimes you have problems understanding a heavy Liverpudlian accent. [Language] is a non-issue. Farage doesn’t have a leg to stand on.” - Dr Chandra Kanneganti, chair of the British International Doctors Association (BIDA) theguardian/politics/2015/jan/06/nigel-farage-doctors-uk-dont-speak-good-english
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