It’s well-known that the NHS is reliant on foreign staff.
And a new infographic, released by a Parliament research group, reveals exactly where the workers in the health service are from.
The House of Commons Library picture shows there are 976,288 British staff working in the NHS – the equivalent of 87.5 per cent.
In contrast, 137,000 doctors, nurses and infrastructure staff are nationals of other countries, including just under 62,000 EU nationals – around 5.6 per cent.
Fears of an NHS staffing crisis have loomed since the historic vote in June 2016, as the numbers of EU nurses registering to work in the UK plunged.
But the new report states that the number of ‘EU staff has changed little since the referendum’, which has attracted huge skepticism.
The figures, which are derived from NHS Digital data, also show a breakdown of the 202 nationalities there are working in the health service.
And they come after US President Donald Trump last week sparked a diplomatic row with Britain after branding the NHS ‘broke and not working’.
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt immediately hit back, saying no-one wants to live in a US-style system where millions have no healthcare cover.
The House of Commons Library picture shows there are 976,288 British staff working in the NHS – the equivalent of 87.5 per cent
The House of Commons Library picture shows there are 976,288 British staff working in the NHS – the equivalent of 87.5 per cent
The new report shows two African countries, Zimbabwe (3,899) and Nigeria (5,405), were named in the top 10 – more than the 2,040 English-speaking Australians.
Other than Brits, the second-most popular nationality that is working in the NHS is Indian, with 18,348 staff coming from the vast country.
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