GP says he has to leave the UK after autistic daughter is denied a visa
The Guardian|September 16, 2024
An experienced and highly regarded doctor working at an east London surgery says he has no choice but to walk away from his job because the Home Office is separating him from his wife and autistic daughter.
Diane Taylor
GP says he has to leave the UK after autistic daughter is denied a visa

Tajwer Siddiqui says he has found himself in this situation at a time when the number of full-time GPS in the UK is falling.

The 59-year-old doctor has worked in medicine for decades in his home country of Pakistan and in Saudi Arabia. He successfully applied to the Home Office for a highly skilled worker visa to take up a position at an NHS GP surgery in Ilford, east London, called Doctor's House.

This story is from the September 16, 2024 edition of The Guardian.

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