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<p>The Government recognises the need for the National Health Service to be able to
recruit effectively from abroad and the Immigration White Paper, <em>The UK’s future
skills-based immigration system</em>, published in December 2018, sets out the foundation
for a single immigration system, where it is workers’ skills that matter, not where
they come from.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to ensure that European Union
citizens can continue to come and work in the NHS once we have left the EU. In March
2019, we put in place legislation that ensures the continued recognition of qualifications
from EU countries by all professional regulators covering the health and social care
sectors. This means that EU citizens will continue to be able to come and practice
in the United Kingdom once we have left the EU, even if we leave without a ‘deal’.</p><p>The
NHS Long Term Plan and interim People Plan have both set out a vital strategic framework
to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that
nurses and doctors have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture
that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.
The interim People Plan sets out how part of this will be made up from an expansion
of international recruitment of NHS staff.</p><p> </p>
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