article_snippet: NHS NHS has been forced to ask British doctors in Australia to come home due to a major shortfall in numbers.
article_snippet: It is thought that nearly 1,500 doctors - who cost the taxpayer up to £610,000 to train - move to Australia every year.
article_snippet: the Migration Advisory Committee suggested that more needed to be done to recruit family doctors - including hiring extra foreign doctors from across the EU.
highlights_snippet: Nearly 1,500 doctors move to Australia and New Zealand each year .
  