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Terror stigma for overseas medics

Overseas doctors face prejudice after suspected failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, medics have warned.

The Lancet says there is a danger that such incidents will be used as an excuse to discriminate against the many NHS overseas doctors.

And new stringent checks for migrants wishing to work in the NHS, announced by ministers on 4 July, could add further to the difficulties, it says.

Bodies representing overseas doctors voiced similar concerns.

A major investigation has been under way in the UK since two car bombs were discovered in central London on 29 June.

One day later, a burning car was driven into the main terminal building at Glasgow's international airport.

The suspects are doctors or medical students, among them people who qualified in Jordan, India and Iraq.

Experts fear recent media coverage of the events could compound prejudices against doctors from abroad that they say already exist.

Ethnic minority groups have long been less likely to get senior positions in the NHS.

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