One thing to add to the above. Many junior doctors are from countries outside The EU and are here on training as well as delivering services to The NHS. The opposite applies too. I did a one year fellowship (registrar level) in Australia whereas I am interviewing for foundation II doctors next week over half the interviews are on Skype from India, Nigeria etc. They are here on visas and must return after their training contract. Due to stupidity at The Home Offce, this means the cost of a ticket home iin order to be allowed to submit an application for their next training level and return for the interview.

The popularism of bigotry being what it is, and the desperate attempts by Cameron and May to appease scum, it is getting difficult to get doctors for filling posts at junior level and increasingly difficult to find consultants and associate specialists for permanent posts. This is because short sighted workforce planning twenty years ago means less home grown fresh consultants now.

Luckily, views of the likes of Akenaton can't be realised by any government, even this Tory one that is closest to his own views.

Oh, and planning hasn't got much better since that time.... Also, frankly, the academic levels required are, rightly or wrongly, difficult to achieve and the schooling ethic of children needs to kick in early. Some education systems are better at delivering that than others.