Posted on 10/08/2021 5:33:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Blackburn (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's National Health Service, which provides free healthcare funded from general taxation and welfare contributions, is one of the world's largest and most cosmopolitan employers.
But the NHS -- which listed 211 nationalities in England alone in 2020 -- faces chronic staff shortages.
By 2029, the state-run service in England will face a shortfall of 108,000 nurses, according to the Health Foundation think-tank.
Now there are fears the crisis will further deepen due to a combination of shocks depleting its substantial foreign workforce: retirement, the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and tougher immigration rules.
Migration has long been a "stopgap solution" as Britain suffered "recurring crises" for 40 years, said Mark Dayan, policy analyst at the Nuffield Trust health think-tank.
Under Britain's new points-based immigration system, migrants must meet salary and English proficiency levels and have an offer for a skilled job, although a special visa scheme exempts healthcare workers.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
When a nation’s education system is no longer capable of educating enough of its young people for the purpose of staffing its health system, which instead has to poach from other nations (and “Third World” nations to boot), then that is an indication of just how far that nation has fallen.
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