Brexit Risks Leaving UK With 20,000 Shortfall In Nurses By 2020, Says Pro-EU Open Britain

Britain’s shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends following last year’s Brexit referendum continue, the Government has been warned.
The Open Britain campaign group for close ties with the EU said fewer than 300 European nurses a year would come to work in the UK if the drop in applications since last June’s referendum continues.
This compares to more than 7,000 a year in the period before the referendum, the campaigners said, citing Nursing an