PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers: NHS (12 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to remove immigration restrictions on non-resident health and care workers to fill NHS vacancies; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)

The Government is committed to introducing a Health and Care visa which will provide eligible doctors, nurses and other allied health and social care professionals, and their families, with fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated resource.

In addition, as announced by the Prime Minister on 21 May, all NHS workers and wider health and social care workers, including those coming on the NHS Visa, will be exempted from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Further details, including eligibility, will be published in due course.

Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
30 June 2020