The number of nurses and midwives coming to work in Britain from Europe has plunged by 89% since the UK voted to leave the EU, figures have revealed.
The sharp fall coincided with a sudden increase in qualified European medics leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register: from 2,435 in 2015-16 to 4,067 in the last year – a rise of 67%.
The NMC data, released on Thursday, also shows a third worrying trend relating to the NHS’s already shortstaffed workforce – that the number of UK-trained nurses and midwives leaving the register rose by 11%, from 26,653 in 2015-16 to 29,019 last year.
Health union leaders said the trends were alarming and constituted “a double whammy for the NHS and patients”. The NHS is already short of an estimated 40,000 nurses across the UK and 3,500 midwives in England alone.
“These dramatic figures should set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall and every UK health department. [They] represent a double whammy for the NHS and patients”, said Janet Davies, the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.
The figures are the latest evidence that Britain’s decision last year to leave the EU has led to more staff from EU countries quitting and fewer choosing to pursue their careers in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/02/european-nurses-midwives-leaving-uk-nhs-brexit-voteGoodbye. How dare these people come to the UK in search of a better life for themselves. How dare they come to our country and help people. I am so glad those racists telling them to "go back to their own country" sure showed them. Hopefully we will come up with a deal with the EU.
This news is such bullshit. EU workers all over Europe are heading back to their home countries like Poland because the Polish economy is doing really well and like most migrants who move for economic reasons they don't permanently settle in the country they move to. It's happening in Germany and Holland too but are they leaving the EU? Fake fucking news.
This is just adding 2+2 And getting 16.
@previous (E)
Oh no. I can't blame currents events on brexit without getting called out.
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An average of 1,966 nurses and midwives from Spain joined the register every year between 2012 and 2016. However, that fell by 95% to just 104 people between October 2016 and September 2017.
Similarly, the number of health professionals from Romania joining the register has dropped from 1,604 a year during those four years to only 216 last year. There has also been a dramatic drop in the numbers coming to work from Italy (1,325 down to 187), Portugal (1,127 to 73) and Poland (305 to 34).
Separate figures the NMC published in July showed that the number of nurses and midwives leaving the register outstripped the number joining it for the first time. And in September NHSA Digital disclosed that almost 10,000 EU doctors, nurses and support staff had quit the NHS in England since the Brexit referendum.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/02/european-nurses-midwives-leaving-uk-nhs-brexit-vote
Almost 10,000 EU health workers have quit NHS since Brexit vote
Around 10,000 EU nationals have quit the NHS since the Brexit referendum, it has emerged.
NHS Digital, the agency that collects data on the health service, found that in the 12 months to June, 9,832 EU doctors, nurses and support staff had left, with more believed to have followed in the past three months.
This is an increase of 22% on the previous year and up 42% on two years previously. Among those from the EU who left the NHS between June 2016 and June 2017 were 3,885 nurses and 1,794 doctors.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/21/almost-10000-eu-health-workers-have-quit-the-nhs-since-brexit-vote
This is a very sharp drop that started right after the referendum. You can't blame that all on Poland and similar countries doing better. And we're also seeing large drops from affluent countries like Spain, Italy, and Portugal.
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@previous (A)
tfw the data disproves anecdata