Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of advertisements placed by the University Hospital of Dusseldorf in Polish newspapers published in the UK seeking to recruit Polish nurses currently working in the NHS by offering better pay, weather and food.

The Government has not made any assessment of the advertisements placed by the University Hospital of Dusseldorf in Polish newspapers published in the United Kingdom.

However, we are clear that we want the 167,000 European Union nationals – including Polish nationals – who currently work in the health and social care sectors to stay in the UK after we leave the European Union. EU nationals are essential to the proper functioning of our health and social care services, and we care deeply about those who provide the vital care services that patients expect and deserve.