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Island health chiefs have been forced to draw up contingency plans in case there is an exodus of top doctors after Brexit.
The move emerged as NHS Western Isles revealed that more than a third of its consultants and three-quarters of its anaesthetists were born in other EU states – most in Poland.
The health board does not expect them all to leave after the UK goes it alone, but bosses have admitted they would be in “significant trouble” if they did, although the locum pool is ready to be “flexed up” if there were departures.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1553461/western-isles-consultants-row/
The move emerged as NHS Western Isles revealed that more than a third of its consultants and three-quarters of its anaesthetists were born in other EU states – most in Poland.
The health board does not expect them all to leave after the UK goes it alone, but bosses have admitted they would be in “significant trouble” if they did, although the locum pool is ready to be “flexed up” if there were departures.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1553461/western-isles-consultants-row/
