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Backlash feared after terror plot.
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Rob.Finch@rbi.co.uk OVERSEAS DOCTORS fear a backlash against them following terrorist attacks allegedly carried out by a group of healthcare workers trained abroad. The news follows the arrest of eight doctors and medical students in the UK and Australia following the attempted attacks in London and Glasgow. The attacks triggered a Government review of checks on overseas-trained health staff, headed by new security minister Admiral Sir Alan West. The findings of the review were delivered to the Prime Minister on Monday, but so far the Home Office has refused to divulge any details. But Dr Prasad Rao, chairman of the British Internat-ional Doctors Association, said he could not see how strengthening checks would have prevented the recent attacks. 'I have no particular problem with the review being done, but I don't think they will find any structural gaps in the system. These doctors had no UK criminal records.' Some suspect that the review has been triggered by shocking tabloid headlines which have put the spotlight on overseas trained doctors, and especially locums. The BMA has appealed for calm. Dr Edwin Borman, chairman of the BMA's international committee, ...
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