Thursday 7 July 2016

EU workers in the NHS: 'I've faced racial abuse and will head home'

EU workers in the NHS: 'I've faced racial abuse and will head home' Some 55,000 staff in the English health service are citizens of other EU countries. Here’s what they think about Brexit

On 23 June 2016, the British public voted to leave the European Union, plunging the UK and its public services into uncertainty. Nearly 55,000 of the 1.2 million staff in the English NHS are citizens of other EU countries, according to figures (pdf) from the Health and Social Care Information Centre. They carry out a range of vital roles including doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, support workers and administrative staff. Here’s what some of them had to say about the UK’s decision to leave the EU and what life is like at the moment. Continue reading... The Guardian

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