{"id":9719,"date":"2018-05-04T23:44:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T05:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9719"},"modified":"2018-05-04T23:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T05:44:35","slug":"number-of-nigeria-trained-doctors-working-in-uk-doubles","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/number-of-nigeria-trained-doctors-working-in-uk-doubles\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Nigeria trained doctors working in UK \u2018doubles\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dvtopStory\" class=\"story\">\n<div class=\"icon\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Number of Nigeria doctors working in the UK \u2018doubles\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dailytrust.com.ng\/cms\/gall_content\/2017\/8\/2017_8$largeimg07_Aug_2017_220215614.jpg\" alt=\"Number of Nigeria doctors working in the UK \u2018doubles\u2019\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dvbtmStory\" class=\"fleft\">\n<p>The number of Nigerian doctors working in the UK has been sharply increasing, according to research by fact-checking organisation Africa Check.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the number of Nigerian doctors registered with the UK General Medical Council nearly doubled, an increase of 89%.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Nigerian doctors working in the United Kingdom has been increasing, according to research by fact-checking organisation, Africa Check.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the number of Nigerian doctors registered with the UK General Medical Council nearly doubled, an increase of 89 per cent, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016, a total of 245 doctors registered in the UK. The number sharply rose to 439 last year, taking the number of doctors to 5,060,\u201d Africa Check said.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, on average 12 Nigerian doctors were being registered every week, bringing the total number to 5,250 on April 28, the body said.<\/p>\n<p>The first year for which data was listed \u2013 2006 \u2013 showed 2,692 Nigerian doctors registered.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC says it is not clear yet why the numbers have risen so rapidly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The number of Nigerian doctors working in the UK has been sharply increasing, according to research by fact-checking organisation Africa Check. Last year, the number of Nigerian doctors registered with the UK General Medical Council nearly doubled, an increase of 89%. The number of Nigerian doctors working in the United Kingdom has been increasing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[318],"class_list":["post-9719","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Number of Nigeria trained doctors working in UK \u2018doubles\u2019 | Nigeria News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/number-of-nigeria-trained-doctors-working-in-uk-doubles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Number of Nigeria trained doctors working in UK \u2018doubles\u2019 | Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The number of Nigerian doctors working in the UK has been sharply increasing, according to research by fact-checking organisation Africa Check. 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