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Overseas clinical teams are a flexible resource to help the NHS offer choice and to manage their waiting list demand.  Overseas teams can vary considerably in size from a handful of clinicians to a large clinical team, including full theatre and support staff. Using overseas teams differs from traditional recruitment because in most cases it is based on relatively short periods of activity or the use of rotating teams (e.g. several sessions over a few days or a rotation over the course of a few weeks) rather than full-time working, because the clinical staff concerned continue to practise overseas. The decision to use an overseas clinical team is made locally, following consultation with local staff.

In the following pages you will find frequently-asked questions and answers for the NHS and interested parties from overseas.

• Patients wishing to find out about treatment by an overseas clinical team in England, please click here.
• Overseas providers interested in offering their services as an overseas clinical team in the UK, please click here.