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A few facts, Darren:
🔹1 in 10 NHS doctors are from EU
🔹We are 11k doctors short
🔹Med school takes 5-6 years
🔹Junior doc training another 6-10
🔹Med school places have, already, just been increased by 25%
🔹So the first extra consultants *may* arrive in 2030
See the problem?
🔹1 in 10 NHS doctors are from EU
🔹We are 11k doctors short
🔹Med school takes 5-6 years
🔹Junior doc training another 6-10
🔹Med school places have, already, just been increased by 25%
🔹So the first extra consultants *may* arrive in 2030
See the problem?
The final, most important fact is, of course, that Brexit will (indeed is, already) have a catastrophically destructive impact on the NHS.
Which is why the vast majority of NHS staff, the BMA, the RCN, the Royal Colleges etc are united in our unwavering opposition to Brexit.
Which is why the vast majority of NHS staff, the BMA, the RCN, the Royal Colleges etc are united in our unwavering opposition to Brexit.
Lastly, Darren, you & Farage imply you regard EU nurses & doctors as a necessary evil, an unwanted stop gap until “homegrown” NHS staff can replace them.
Well, they’re not. My magnificent EU colleagues are the heart & soul of the NHS. Vital. Irreplaceable.
So please, jog on.
Well, they’re not. My magnificent EU colleagues are the heart & soul of the NHS. Vital. Irreplaceable.
So please, jog on.
