PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers: Health Professions (21 January 2019)
Question Asked
What plans his Department has to maximise opportunities for qualified EU health workers to work in the NHS after the UK leaves the EU.
Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
I appreciate the valuable contribution that non-UK workers make to our NHS.
The Immigration White Paper emphasised that we will encourage the highly skilled and those that make a valuable contribution to our country to come and work in the UK.
But we need a balanced approach, because it is not a sustainable strategy to rely on recruiting overseas staff, and the long-term aim is that we train our own health professionals in this country.
Answered by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
21 January 2019
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