The NHS does not have enough nurses and midwives with a vacancy rate for nurses of around 10% (and higher in London). The majority of NHS trusts have been actively recruiting nurses from as far afield as India and the Philippines. EU immigrants make up approximately 4% of registered nurses working in the UK—quite what […]
Category: Brexit
Martin McKee: Brexit and health—the confusion grows
When I wrote my last BMJ blog it was within hours of the result of the EU referendum. I admitted freely that, despite having studied the EU extensively for three decades, I had no idea what the implications of Brexit would be for health. This was because I was unable to ascertain what it would […]
Martin McKee on the EU referendum: We have no idea what will come next, but it won’t be good
The British people have spoken. Just over half of those who voted in the referendum supported leaving the EU. Although their votes are not legally binding, politicians of all parties have agreed that they will follow their instructions. The big question is “what is next?” I was in Norway on the night of the 23 […]
Brexit live blog: What next?
On 23 June 2016 the UK went to the polls to decide whether to remain a member of the European Union. We look at the immediate reaction to the victory of the Leave vote: In her latest BMJ column, Margaret McCartney asks, what does leaving the EU mean for our NHS, research community, and our spirit of […]