Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 25 June 2026 [Draft]
25 Jun 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
New Refugee Doctors Project
Scotland welcomes refugee doctors and is committed to supporting them in overcoming barriers that prevent them from rebuilding their medical careers. Since 2017, the Scottish Government has provided more than £1.6 million in funding to the bridges refugee doctors programme to support refugee medical professionals in attaining General Medical Council registration. We do not hold information on the country of origin of the refugee doctors supported.
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Q Manivannan (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green)
Green
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in increasing use of its new refugee doctors project, including to support medically qualified ref...
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care (Angela Constance)
SNP
Scotland welcomes refugee doctors and is committed to supporting them in overcoming barriers that prevent them from rebuilding their medical careers. Since 2...
Q Manivannan
Green
I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer, but it will mean little to the family of Mohammed Al-Habil, a paramedic at Al-Shifa hospital, who was killed b...
Angela Constance
SNP
I assure the member that the Scottish Government will continue to work with and pressure the United Kingdom Government regarding the role that it has to play...