Streeting defends 'critical' Medical Training Bill amid MPs' fairness debate

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The government's plan to prioritise British-trained medical graduates for NHS training places has sparked warnings of a potential "exodus" of overseas doctors and concerns over "procedural fairness", as MPs debated the controversial legislation in the Commons on Tuesday.

Health secretary Wes Streeting defended the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill, arguing that British medics will "turn their backs on the NHS" without urgent action to secure their career paths. However, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs raised serious concerns about the impact on international doctors who have already committed to working in the UK.