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Three Counties Radio,4 mins

Are ethnic minority doctors facing discrimination?

Chetan Patak

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An investigation’s found British Asian and ethnic minority doctors are nearly four times more likely than white candidates to fail their practical GP exams. Organisations representing ethnic minority doctors have threatened legal action against the Royal College of GPs Dr Ramesh Mehta is a Consultant Paediatrician at Bedford Hospital and founder president of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO). In this extract he talks to presenter Chetan Pathak about why he thought so many were failing…

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