Is Brexit now dead?
It’s very likely that the two nurses that cared for Boris Johnson and who he has heaped so much praise onto, would not be allowed into the country under the Brexit immigration rules.
Can we possibly stick to the Brexit timetable with the whole of Europe stricken with Coronavirus?
Do people now have a different Brexit outlook with their Coronavirus goggles on?
Ward Sister Ms McGee is from Invercargill, on New Zealand's South Island.
Snr Staff Nurse Luis Pitarma is from Aveiro in Portugal and moved to London six years ago. He studied nursing in Lisbon
On 13 Mar 2017:
Boris Johnson voted against guaranteeing EU derived rights, and the potential to acquire residency rights, for EU and EEA citizens legally resident in the UK.
Around one in eight NHS workers - 13.1% of the workforce, or 153,000 staff - are not British, according to a parliamentary report published in July last year.
After British, the most common nationalities of NHS staff are Indian with around 21,000 workers, followed by Filipino, Irish, Polish and then Portuguese staff.
Exclusive: medical associations say surcharge rise will worsen staffing crisis
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More than 10,000 EU nationals have already left the NHS since the Brexit referendum, including almost 5,000 nurses, compounding what was already a crisis in staffing hospitals and care homes, while those who want to remain after Brexit are required to register under the EU settlement scheme to secure their status after the end of the Brexit transition period.
Staffing shortages remain a pervasive challenge for the NHS, risking patient safety, care standards and the pursuit of innovation
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