NHS recruits must be given special status after Brexit, MPs urge

Cross-party pressure to guarantee employment for EU nationals as fears grow of mass exodus of staffThe government is under intense cross-party pressure to guarantee that EU nationals will still be able to work in the NHS, as concern grows that Brexit will cause a critical shortage of nurses and doctors.Tory, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs said ministers must not only guarantee that EU staff already working in the NHS can stay, but also that recruitment from EU countries can continue. Related: N