Brexit puts NHS recruitment at risk, says Shona Robison
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Scotland’s made “virtually no progress” in developing a post-Brexit immigration system.
That’s according to The British Medical Association Scotland who are “deeply concerned” about the future of NHS staffing.
Health Secretary Shona Robison says Brexit poses a huge risk to recruitment.
BMA Scotland chair, Dr Peter Bennie, said: “It is unthinkable that we could simply stand by and lose this important supply line of doctors for our hospitals and communities”.
Health Secretary, Shona Robison, added: “BMA Scotland are right to raise the huge risks to our NHS that Brexit poses to the recruitment and retention of EU staff.
“That’s why I have been clear that the only way to protect staff and patients is to stay in the EU and, failing that, retain our membership of the single market and customs union.
“Without that, we could see diminished cross-border recognition of qualifications, slower access to new research or medicines and fewer rights for Scottish patients to have treatment in the EU.”
