Thousands of NHS doctors trapped in insecure 'gig economy' contracts, investigation reveals

Thousands of locally employed doctors (LEDs)—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minority backgrounds—are trapped on insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national safeguards, reveals an investigation published by The BMJ.

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