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Saturday 10 September 2016

Brexit: and the future of healthcare

Health was and continues to be a key issue around Brexit:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and £350million for Devon's hospitals
Futures Forum: Brexit: and migrant workers in care homes and hotels >>> Who will take care of us "when the immigrants leave?"
Futures Forum: Brexit: and the NHS in Devon

Here's an overview of how the 'future of healthcare' is being seen:

NHS could struggle post-Brexit without EU citizen staff, Department of Health officials admit


One in 10 NHS professionals are EU citizens, prompting concerns over staffing levels amid post-Brexit uncertainty


Siobhan Fenton Health and Social Affairs Correspondent Monday 22 August 2016

A 7-day week NHS may no longer be possible following Brexit because so many healthcare professionals come from EU countries, Department for Health officials have warned.

The NHS employs around 55,000 staff who are EU citizens, amounting to a tenth of the overall workforce. It is currently unknown whether freedom of movement and employment rights will change for EU citizens following the referendum vote, prompting uncertainty over future staffing levels.

Senior civil servants issued the warning to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in internal Department of Health reports which have been leaked to the Guardian and Channel 4 News.




Health tax idea and ministers on the spot over Brexit


By Trevor Timpson BBC News 28 August 2016

Often several papers compete in covering the worst facets of the plight of the NHS - but today the Observer takes pride of place with its coverage.

It quotes Conservative ex-minister Dr Dan Poulter who says a plan for a properly-funded and sustainable health and social care system is urgently required - and suggests a health and care tax "perhaps introduced through raising national insurance".


Newspaper headlines: Health tax idea and ministers on the spot over Brexit - BBC News


Post Brexit we can plan for our health service needs


Margot Parker 
UKIP MEP for the East Midlands, Margot Parker September 8

Of course, post-Brexit, we will be able to control immigration numbers and therefore plan and secure health provision to an acceptable level.

And we will also have the money to invest further in the NHS – in the UKIP 2015 manifesto we pledged to invest billions in the NHS, funded by the savings made by leaving the EU – we call upon the government to do the same.


Column: Post Brexit we can plan for our health service needs.
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