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Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 1st April 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Nokes Portrait Caroline Nokes
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The right hon. Gentleman will have heard earlier that, as at December 2018, we had over 5,200 more EU nationals working in the NHS in England than we did at the time of the referendum in 2016. He makes an important point about careworkers. During the engagement going on as part of the White Paper, this issue has been raised with me and the Government are certainly listening carefully. I am working closely with the Minister for social care and later this week we will be attending a roundtable on exactly this subject.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Kettering General Hospital recruits doctors and nurses from the European Union and from non-EU countries. Will it be able to continue to do both once we have left the EU?