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<p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National
Health Service in England and the latest figures show that there were over 3,200 more
European Union nationals working in the NHS in September 2017 than before the referendum
result.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care
system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that
it needs<em>.</em></p><p>We continue to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels
across the NHS and adult social care, and we are working across Government to ensure
there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality services on
which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.</p><p>On 8 December,
the UK and EU Commission reached an agreement which delivered on the Prime Minister’s
number one priority, to safeguard the rights of people who have built their lives
in the UK and EU, following the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p>The agreement will guarantee
the rights of the 150,000 EU nationals working in our health and care system. It means
that EU citizens living lawfully in the UK and UK nationals living lawfully in the
EU by 29 March 2019 will be able to stay and enjoy broadly the same rights and benefits
as they do now.</p>
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