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A record number of EU nationals left the NHS last year, renewing fears that Brexit could exacerbate a staffing crisis.
The figures, compiled by NHS Digital, prompted medical leaders to call for more reassurances to European workers about their future in the UK. A total of 17,197 EU staff, including nurses and doctors, left their posts in 2016, compared with 13,321 in 2015 and 11,222 for 11 months in 2014.
Even though EU staff numbers rose across the period analysed, experts fear the number of people leaving is the more significant trend.
As Britain embarks on fraught Brexit negotiations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) blamed the increase in departures on the prime minister’s lack of assurances about the position of EU nationals resident in the UK. Theresa May has said such a pledge would weaken her ability to negotiate a good deal for Britain as it prepares to leave the trade bloc.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/30/record-number-european-staff-quit-nhs-brexit-eu
The figures, compiled by NHS Digital, prompted medical leaders to call for more reassurances to European workers about their future in the UK. A total of 17,197 EU staff, including nurses and doctors, left their posts in 2016, compared with 13,321 in 2015 and 11,222 for 11 months in 2014.
Even though EU staff numbers rose across the period analysed, experts fear the number of people leaving is the more significant trend.
As Britain embarks on fraught Brexit negotiations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) blamed the increase in departures on the prime minister’s lack of assurances about the position of EU nationals resident in the UK. Theresa May has said such a pledge would weaken her ability to negotiate a good deal for Britain as it prepares to leave the trade bloc.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/30/record-number-european-staff-quit-nhs-brexit-eu