Brexit and the NHS

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We are due to leave the European Union at some point in the coming months. It is easy to tell that Brexit will have a large impact on all UK business, regardless of the final result. However, I want to specifically focus on the NHS, as a large part of the 'Leave' Campaign's manifesto (found here) was to 'save £350m a week' in order to spend on priorities such as the NHS.

One of the greatest concerns the NHS is their workforce. The Withdrawal Agreement secures the position of EU nationals in the UK, however there is a large amount of uncertainty surrounding their position, and this is expected to grow. Read more about this here. It's also quite important to understand that 39.9% of doctors registered with GMC gained their qualifications abroad (Read more here). Whilst this does not directly correlate that all of these doctors are immigrants who have moved to the UK to work, it does support the idea that a large proportion of the NHS' workforce is from abroad. Therefore, the uncertainty surrounding Brexit can only cause further problems for the NHS.

However, Brexit might just be what the NHS needs. Currently underfunded and overstretched, an increase in funding might help to alleviate some of the stresses that the service is under.

An excellent, rather personal insight into these pressures is 'This is Going to Hurt' by Adam Kay. I would thoroughly recommend this for a deeper look into the NHS crisis.

What do you think?

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