Comments for UK Visa Services http://news.ukvisaservices.co.uk immigration and company news Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:45:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Doctors challenged by law change by CK and Jones http://news.ukvisaservices.co.uk/2008/03/05/doctors-challenged-by-law-change/#comment-28 CK and Jones Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:03:42 +0000 http://news.ukvisaservices.co.uk/2008/03/05/doctors-challenged-by-law-change/#comment-28 A very interesting article and I agree that there is a problem here. But, there are several further issues which are only slightly touched on. The UK Immigration Service must first and foremost protect the UK's economy and labour market. The current state of the healthcare labour market is pretty bleak, with many more nurses and doctors qualifying in this country than there are jobs. The job of the High Skilled Migrant Programme is to fill gaps in the UK labour market as and when they appear. A great example was the MBA provision under the HSMP which brought skilled managers to the UK to make up the shortfall. Under the proposed new changes, this provision will no longer exist, although many high-calibre candidates will still qualify under the new HSMP framework. I also have to agree that the UK would not be acting responsibly internationally if they carried on promoting the world-wide brain drain; this will only impact on the countries from which this highly qualified people leave, and arguably, the countries which need them most. Just my 2 cents guys, and thanks for the interesting read. Daniel A very interesting article and I agree that there is a problem here. But, there are several further issues which are only slightly touched on. The UK Immigration Service must first and foremost protect the UK’s economy and labour market. The current state of the healthcare labour market is pretty bleak, with many more nurses and doctors qualifying in this country than there are jobs. The job of the High Skilled Migrant Programme is to fill gaps in the UK labour market as and when they appear. A great example was the MBA provision under the HSMP which brought skilled managers to the UK to make up the shortfall. Under the proposed new changes, this provision will no longer exist, although many high-calibre candidates will still qualify under the new HSMP framework. I also have to agree that the UK would not be acting responsibly internationally if they carried on promoting the world-wide brain drain; this will only impact on the countries from which this highly qualified people leave, and arguably, the countries which need them most. Just my 2 cents guys, and thanks for the interesting read.

Daniel

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