Since Brexit there's been a dramatic fall in number of EU nurses registered in the UK. Figures were down 87% from 6,400 in 2016/17 to 800 in 2017/18.
Now the government is talking about bringing nurses out of retirement to help tackle Coronavirus. These things aren't unrelated.
Now the government is talking about bringing nurses out of retirement to help tackle Coronavirus. These things aren't unrelated.
This is a completely unavoidable nursing crisis and it's been caused by Brexit. Of course nobody is talking about that. 
But here's another thing to consider. Retired nurses will presumably be in the higher risk group. So even if they are willing to come out of retirement, who's to say they will be entirely safe?
Many of those nurses seem to have gone to the Republic of Ireland instead.
If you want to understand cognitive dissonance look at some of the comments in this thread.
Majority of retired NHS staff who responded to a Guardian poll don't want to return to tackle Covid-19 as they are:
A: retired
B: at risk
Maybe everyone just needs to believe a little more
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
A: retired
B: at risk
Maybe everyone just needs to believe a little more
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
