The Brexit leak shows a government on collision course with the NHS

The Brexit leak shows a government on collision course with the NHS The scheme to cut immigration is at odds with the need to fill 176,000 health and care vacancies. For the sector to survive, its workers must be given special status

The leaked 82-page government Brexit-immigration report should ring alarm bells for the NHS as it tackles the greatest workforce crisis in the health service’s history. The Home Office proposes measures to reduce the number of lower-skilled EU migrants by offering them residency for a maximum of only two years, whereas those in “high-skilled occupations” would be granted permits to work three to five years.

The report says: “Put plainly, this means that, to be considered valuable to the country, immigration should benefit not just the migrants themselves but also make existing residents better off.” Continue reading... The Guardian