Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
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Asylum Seekers: Mental Health
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Excerpts(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Bates
Absolutely; I am happy to clarify that. I was talking about people who had a legal right to seek employment in this country. They should be protected and be able to apply for jobs in the first instance.
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB)
The Government have to date not allowed retired NHS doctors who volunteer to work with asylum seekers to set against tax the cost of their General Medical Council and defence union payments. Will the Government undertake to look at this again? These doctors are acting as volunteers to meet the health needs of this group but are incurring huge expense in so doing.
Lord Bates
I am very happy to look at this but doctors are in one of the shortage occupations and would be eligible to apply for work after the 12-month period.