It's been an absolute disaster.

When I left the UK, I had applied for upwards of 40 jobs in all corners, with barely an interview. The Dept of Health denied a problem and washed their hands.

I, for one, have no qualms about further my medical career overseas, and won't be hurrying back.

James Crompton, Melbourne, Australia

If I was a patient needing surgery, I'll prefer to be operated upon by the MOST competent & skilled surgeon,and that can happen ONLY if doctors were selected on the basis of MERITOCRACY rather than bureaucracy.My choice may be different if I was insecure about facing fair competition...

Tyler, Cardiff,

These "IMG" are the ones who bailed NHS out of severe shortage.Its their yrs of service and experience that is recognised, when they r offered training post. But the GMC could have done better by not calling in 1000s of IMG when only 100s were needed. All for the millions in PLAB fee they raked.

Zakir, Newcastle, UK

I am a foreign doctor working in NHS and I personally can see that NHS is short of junior doctors, there are so many vacancies- I am sure many others would agree with me. So whats the hue & cry about British doctors not getting jobs? Dont winge, just apply for posts.

Joseph, Sheffield, UK

The judgement is being misunderstood & unfortunately being played like Doctors sitting in India are taking away jobs of british graduates.Case specifically refers to doctors who were here since2--4 years. Same people who bailed NHS out of its manpower crisis, only they will be considered on par.

bhushan joshi, Manchester, UK

Surely all doctors appointed were done so on merit, which would in turn seem to suggest that the rest who failed were, in part, down to the fact that they were simply not good enough. Fair competition i say. The DoH lost the case on basic judicial review principles and it had nothing to do with HRA.

hanif, Manchester, UK

I would respect the government if they at least followed good business sense. Poaching all other countries medical professionals is a good move financially for the NHS. It is not so good if you embarked on a huge increase in the home grown ones too. Maybe we should hold the MPs to account.

John, Egremont,

jobs for British workers as Brown promised,
But lets be realistic promises from Browns lips are like water and electric they just don't mix ,what with this and Euro referendums who in there right mind honestly believed it, the latest report from migrationwatch says it will increase Numbers here.

Tony Winchester, Southend , G.B.

This report is completely over the top!! It's outrageous that this group of MPs should criticise an eminent public servant like Liam Donaldson who has been leading on issues such as eradicating smoking, meningitis and other public health risks. Saving lives is much more important than bureaucracy.

mike lincoln, wakefield,

This would not have happened in Australia.

The House of Lords is wrong and should be told so!!

It is utterly unbelievable that we have spent £millions of pounds traing our young doctors and have given their jobs to foreigners!

What about all those young medics?

Trish Niblock, Edinburgh, UK

Good point Chris from Woodbridge. The government make the sounds the electorate want to hear, but continue with their mass immigration policy.
They must think that voters don't understand they are being betrayed.

Roger, Norwich,

But this cannot be true. Surely it's British jobs for British workers isn't it?

The Prime Minister promised it would be, so what can have gone wrong?

doug, Manchester,

These foreign interest pressure groups should be told in no uncertain terms the human rights act doesn't apply. British should come first in Britain.

If only this was actually true. We know it isn't from the deporting terrorists fiasco.

Dr Nicholas Ashley, Huntingdon, England

Is there a single policy that this discredited government has implemented that has actually worked? I can't think of a single one. What a completely wasted decade

D Case, Newquay,

Last year was a disaster on a personal scale for thousands of doctors; my career will never be the same. Should anything like this happen again then I will be quicker to leave the country, having come very close to it this time.
Liam Donaldson and Carol Black must resign.

Brian Wood, Cambridge,

I do not believe even this government could have been that incompetent, therefore it is yet another example of the ethnic cleansing of the English middle class as English doctors will simply emigrate to be replaced by aliens. We are governed by traitors.

John, London, UK

Everything Brown & Co have touched has ended up in disaster.

People are voting with their feet and leaving the country, from doctors to companies. What a shambles.

There is no doubt at all that the country is or soon will be in a worse state than when Labour came to power.

MikeS, York,

Disgraceful. And why are we allowing a body representing foreign interestests (the British Physicians of Indian Origin - Bapio) to dictate UK law and policy?

Michael, Bedford,

There are examples of bodies representing immigrants over powering weak government bodies (often by shouting loudest backed up by the counterproductive HR act) throughout British institutions. When will the government and other bodies start representing the people and do what is best for Britain

David Cartright, Birmingham,

I am a British Citizen and a Medical Student in my penultimate year of Study. I am absolutely incensed at the the contemptible way the goverment is treating the Medical Profession. I am resigned to pursuing my medical career in Austrailia. It's British patients who will be left paying the price.

Gary Heron, London, United Kingdom

So much for Brown's claims about British jobs for British workers. Seems like the points system is not worth much either

Chris, Woodbridge, Suffolk