Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU citizens who were working in the NHS have left the UK since 23 June 2016.

The number of non-United Kingdom European Union citizens who were working in the National Health Service and have left the UK since 23 June 2016 is not collected centrally.

In June 2016 we had 58,698 EU workers, and in March 2017 we had 61,934 EU workers employed in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups. This is 3,236 more than in June 2016 and 1,551 more than in December 2016.

We are committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that it needs.

As EU Exit negotiations continue the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the health system’s preparation for EU Exit to ensure the NHS is able to deliver the services that patients rely on.

The Department is continuing to undertake analysis and monitoring of overall staffing levels across the NHS as part of our workforce planning.