Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that adequate numbers of essential healthcare staff will continue to be recruited after the UK has left the EU.

The Department continues to closely monitor the overall staffing levels across the National Health Service and social care and are working closely with Health Education England, NHS England and others in the health and care system to understand the impact of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union on the health and care workforce.

The Department has set out a plan to attract and retain talented staff, backed by an additional £2 billion investment in the sector over the next three years, including initiatives to increase domestic training places for doctors and nurses.

The Secretary of State for Health has also made it clear that we will have an immigration system that means the NHS and social care system are able to get the number of people they need, from not just the EU, but from all over the world