BBC NEWS | Health | UK 'crippling Africa healthcare': "Although the UK government says it is working to create more home-grown doctors to staff the NHS and bring down waiting times after decades of under-resourcing, it still relies heavily on healthcare professionals from overseas.
Nearly a third of the doctors practising in the UK were trained overseas.
In comparison, only 5% of doctors in Germany and France are not home grown.
Dr Edwin Borman, chairman of the BMA's International Committee, said: 'Shortages of doctors and nurses are having a devastating effect in the developing world.
'Sub-Saharan Africa alone needs around a million more healthcare workers, and unless the situation improves drastically rates of HIV will spiral, disability from childhood disease will rise, and thousands more lives will be lost.
'Industrialised countries like America and Britain must recognise that they have some responsibility for this crisis.
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