NHS workers in Sudan reportedly told they can get on UK evacuation flights

UK government reportedly tells doctors to get to Wadi Seidna airfield, north of the capital, Khartoum, before evacuation window closes at midday

NHS doctors trapped in Sudan have reportedly been told they can make their way to safety on UK evacuation flights, but have just hours to get to the airfield.

It comes after a doctors’ union called for NHS medics without UK passports to be included in the airlifts that have so far evacuated more than 1,000 British nationals out of the stricken country.