{"id":721,"date":"2021-01-21T00:41:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T00:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-fight-for-frontline-workers\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T00:41:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T00:41:33","slug":"dauk-fight-for-frontline-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-fight-for-frontline-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK fight for frontline workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/medscape-testing-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Mask graphic\" class=\"wp-image-3187\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctors&#8217; Association UK fighting for frontline workers <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tb\/2\/16\/1f4aa.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a response from MP Kevin Forster (Minister for Future Borders and Immigration) to a letter we sent the Prime Minister in October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October we wrote a letter to the Prime Minister highlighting the vital contribution of overseas NHS staff and care workers. We requested all non-British NHS and care workers, as well as their families to be granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This resulted in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Visas were automatically extended by 12 months for 6000 health professionals and their eligible dependents free of charge, exempt from immigration surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Set up of the COVID-19 bereavement Scheme. Families of any NHS, health, and care worker who sadly pass away from contracting coronavirus are granted ILR, free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) Launch of the Health and Care visa, allowing a quicker, easier and cheaper route for eligible people working in health and social care to come to the UK with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/slack-imgs.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4807\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/slack-imgs.com_.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/?attachment_id=4807\" class=\"wp-image-4807\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/slack-imgs.com-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4806\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/slack-imgs.com-2.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/?attachment_id=4806\" class=\"wp-image-4806\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you support the work of our volunteer doctors and medical students, please help us to continue this by becoming a member:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dauk.org%2Fmembership%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0jSD0Fj5GVJJobtMrfQJzWGit6wKmpf-zPW19Ok8bG3ZhLQrJnRLWb3AI&amp;h=AT280qR7MApQQEcosZjVsr5E_zTFdtnDkYE28qhHJzIXbsFHLhkhT6vNVFnXEypqO6gtpRqQ1KUkUb1cV_Vb_WQtWMyrhaEREc9tEZRYYP33n7oSh3tgUUEaDbMaew5Uv7uqNwFzDa2OwT-5VllEu4Q&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT1udv4b_UJHehLKgkD5Ihh2dq6UrYT8XOGmblwwzYQlfIBAR9xnmXIKHP40SSCSubpWm2m0bJgaOEKTZdHQLrCkGsuA-NmAUzSdiGLCMr9ehY4SkZY14KqgUcAYoQYb2h6FyBlP4LRjgUUDW0sSIQi6zB2NSJw02kf7VlHHcFGbmg\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/membership<\/a>We can\u2019t do this without you! Please donate to our crowdfund: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/gf.me\/u\/y2kw2w?fbclid=IwAR1ogLy_3KdueJR4T4LhIdauuqkw5LNCBGKRfPQpJ2kB2epMUpbZ9VVctP8\" target=\"_blank\">gf.me\/u\/y2kw2w<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors&#8217; Association UK fighting for frontline workers Here is a response from MP Kevin Forster (Minister for Future Borders and Immigration) to a letter we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,279,166,58],"tags":[44,38,435,385,295,202,386,107,42],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dauk-news","category-scrap-the-cap","category-scrap-the-surcharge","category-the-nhs","tag-covid-19","tag-dauk","tag-dauk-news","tag-ilr","tag-immigration-health-surcharge","tag-indefinite-leave-to-remain","tag-migrant-doctors","tag-nhs-staff","tag-the-doctors-association-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}