The Hoax of Medicine in the UK.Part 3

3. HSMP and English language training

Most other organizations like the ECFMG ( Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ), which monitors the training in the USA, considers that a pass in the IELTS in the last two years is enough. And if the IELTS was taken before two years, and if you have been working in a country where the primary language of communication is English as in England, then, the English language criteria is automatically met.
Unfortunately, the HSMP is less pragmatic in this situation. Although they have mentioned in the application that if the graduation is done in English, it is fine, the UK NARIC , the organization employed by the work permits to look for equivalence does not recognize the English from a number of Universities from India. So, even though people fulfil all the criteria for an HSMP, and have been working in the UK for the last 2 years, their HSMP applications have been rejected saying that their IELTS is not valid. The situation is even made worse, when a lot of east European candidates who do not speak English are exempted from the rule.

I know people who submitted evidence from Indian Universities, stating that the medium of language of MBBS was English. But their application was rejected, saying the English at the University was less than an IELTS standard of 6. So this person now has to spend 100 pounds for repeating an IELTS and another 315 pounds for HSMP application. This is in addition to 350 pounds which he will be spending to stamp the visa.

Any sane man, can see that a person who has passed IELTS and has been practicing medicine in the UK, would be able to speak English. This whole drama could be attributable only to one point…. The desperate need for the system to drain money from the overseas doctor...