What you might want to bring up
@RupertLowe10 , and not just in relation to the NHS, but with special attention to medical personnel, is why all their documents (educational, police shecks, trade qualifications) ARE NOT required to be apostilled, legalized, and notarized in their home country. Apparently the Home Office does not require this. Apparently it's up to the candidate saying theyre real and the employer (in this case the NHS) confirming it. Something I am sure is done very cursively. Just look at all the Nigerian nurses found to have been unqualified or had someone else sit their final exam. Having lived and worked overseas as a teacher, I had to present my documents apostilled, legalized and notarized when applying for jobs. If China, Thailand, even Colombia require this, why doesn't the UK, especially when we are talking about doctors and nurses and other medical staff.
Even then, I did my LabTech training with 2 guys from the Nigerian army who were senior labtechs in Nigeria but came to the UK to do the grade 3 course with the Royal Army Medical College because when they went back they would be commissioned and given their own labs. IT TOOK THEM 2 WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF IN THEIR DORM ROOM! All the equipment they were expected to use in the lab they didn't recognise. If this is the standard of training they get back home, even if they have the necessary bits of paper all stamped and sealed, should they really be trusted to work in our hospitals unsupervised?