Theresa May's post-Brexit immigration plan could close a quarter of services in some hospitals

[Northerner]

Senior NHS figures have warned the Prime Minister's post-Brexit immigration policy would have a damning effect on Britain's hospitals, it has been revealed today.

Executives have voiced fears over the Government's immigration white paper, which outlines stringent plans for a £30,000 salary threshold on workers moving to the UK.

Officials claim the 'appalling' threshold could spell the 'most destructive policy proposal for NHS recruitment' and force some hospitals to close 25 per cent of services, according to documents seen by The Daily Telegraph.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...on-plan-close-quarter-services-hospitals.html

 

[mikeyB]

Aye, most native British workers don’t earn that much - that should be obvious, it’s higher than the average salary. It’s nothing more than attempt to keep out immigrants, but the report shows the effect this will have on basic infrastructure. It also shows that immigrants aren’t taking our jobs. They are just taking the jobs we won’t do because the pay is shit.

 

[Drummer]

My son in law and daughter are software engineers, met whilst my daughter was at university, he is from Chicago, so they married and lived there for some time but they decided to move back to the UK some years ago.
He is now a UK citizen, which cost far too much money - in my opinion. They cannot have children, so they rent a flat down by the sea, are self employed and they buy and play musical instruments. They have a fairly relaxed life, except when a deadline is looming - but I am sure that the economy of the UK in general is no worse off for them not pursuing a high powered lifestyle. They use bikes rather than a car, cycle along the coast and play music at dawn - but their decision to come back was based on the expectation of it becoming more and more difficult, impossible for them, to obtain citizenship for him. Even during the process the fees were increased, the forms became longer, the demands greater.
Already local care and nursing homes are having difficulty finding staff - some have closed and others have been cutting corners.
All in all the politics of the last few years cause me to wonder if there has been anything but unsophisticated, badly researched, and frankly unworkable policies brought in with no regard for the future of the UK and its people.