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Strange that the article doesn't mention Brexit. Many nurses (and doctors) in the UK used to be from EU countries.
by 0xDEF 4y ago
Strange that the article doesn't mention Brexit. Many nurses (and doctors) in the UK used to be from EU countries.
- bluepizza 4y agoThe article doesn't mention it because the trend began way before Brexit was concluded.
- HWR_14 4y agoBefore Brexit was concluded, a lot of EU citizens in the UK started leaving. Why wait until the turmoil kicks you out when you can be proactive. Just like people start interviewing for a new job before the old company finishes going bankrupt.
- bluepizza 4y agoThe trend started 3 years before the vote happened.
- krysp 4y agoThe effect mentioned started before Brexit, so the link has to be with something else - in the article's conclusion it's a related Tory problem, austerity
- zabzonk 4y agothis is true, but the tory nonsense has exacerbated it. i (in uk) have a commercial carer (not nhs; i am bedbound) from lithuania (or estonia, or latvia - she keeps telling me & i keep forgetting) who is lovely, smart and kind. her only failing is that she can't cook, but that gives me an interest - last week i taught her how to do scrambled eggs on toast! we need more people like this in the uk, not fewer. but our vile government will never get a clue.
- krona 4y ago"I'm afraid there is no money." - chief secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown
- freitzkriesler2 4y agoNot really, the UK government lowered the bar for work visas significantly post Brexit and the NHS is on the approved sponsors list. Anyone who would have been affected was given a visa.
- Veen 4y agoI’m not sure that’s the case. My partner works in the NHS and the vast majority of her colleagues are European or Commonwealth immigrants: Romanians, Polish, Nigerians, and Indians in the main.