I guess what we should be discussing is, what is the best private health care service? I assume most people that speak out against foreign doctors here have private health now?
The NHS already has a staff shortage because of austerity, the hostile environment, and Brexit. Fact: in June last year there were
107,743 NHS staff vancanies.
The Tories won't fund it. We frightened off the best nurses and doctors with Brexit (
63,000 NHS staff in England are EU nationals) and America wants a piece of the pie.
So, it won't be long until we'll all be shopping around for an alternative health care provider. Some people want the American system, but American Diabetics have to pay around $1000 a month on insulin. Not something many Brits will want to pay.
We have a great system and it has worked as well as it does because the UK has been a place many medical professionals want to live and work, and because the government has supported the NHS and funded it properly. All that is changing. Call it project fear if you like, but there are many people working in the NHS that will tell you that the problems are already happening. I spent a few days in hospital in 2017 - without the foreign nurses and doctors it would have been even more horrendous than it was. The nurses worked very hard, but I could tell from the comfort of my bed that they were very stretched and under huge pressure, and the doctors more so.
So, let's please stop moaning about foreign doctors and nurses, they are still far more likely to save your life than kill you.
