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<p>The Secretary of State is committed to ensuring that the National Health Service
and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health
professionals that it needs. The Department has a detailed understanding of how many
EU27 staff work in the NHS and regular discussions are held with the Home Secretary
and Cabinet colleagues to ensure that this informs our plans for the workforce and
the Government’s negotiations with the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 26
June the Government published “The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union:
safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living
in the EU”. The policy paper outlines how the Government intends to protect the rights
of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As Brexit negotiations
continue, the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the
health system’s preparation for Brexit to ensure the NHS is able to deliver the services
that patients rely on.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our workforce planning, the Department
is undertaking analysis of overall staffing levels across the NHS as a result of the
UK’s exit from the EU and the future immigration system. We would expect Dudley Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG) to have taken account of the size and type of workforce
required by the Multi-speciality Community Provider and as with all CCGs this will
be considered as part of the work we are doing.</p>
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