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Figures show extent of NHS reliance on foreign nationals Think-tank warns stricter immigration rules could hit service after stats show 11% of all staff and 26% of doctors are non-British. Figures obtained by the Guardian have shown the most complete picture yet of the reliance by the NHS and community health services in England on foreign nationals, with people from more than 200 countries employed. The statistics, produced by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), show that 11% of all staff for whom data was available and who work for the NHS and in community health services are not British. The proportion of foreign nationals increases for professionally qualified clinical staff (14%) and even more so for doctors (26%), prompting the British Medical Association (BMA) to observe that without the contribution of non-British staff, many NHS services would struggle to provide effective care to their patients. theguardian/society/2014/jan/26/nhs-foreign-nationals-immigration-health-service
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:59:20 +0000

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