Spot on with this one. The NHS is dependent on EU qualified staff and the tap has just been turned off. Recruitment from the EU is virtually zero. And while Boris keeps going on about providing more doctors and nurses from within the UK the reality is that nurse recruitment is falling and the number retiring early is rising. So where will they come from? You can't press-gang nurses and I don't recall the courts ever sentencing felons to serve five years as a nurse. So where exactly?ArmChairCivvy wrote:" the potential impact on the health and social care workforces that rely considerably on staff who are EU nationals;
Similar issues with doctors. Racked off NHS doctors find it extremely easy to find work in Aus or Canada, and why wouldn't you?
Trusts are obsessed with risk. Have a look at any trust's risk register. The November board papers of my local trust mention the world "risk" 485 times. Seriously.ArmChairCivvy wrote:More topical, Channel 4 News just dug deeper with its own investigation, revealing how cuts have left 65 out of 92 NHS Trusts with severe patient safety risk factors.