European Nurses Shun Britain Following the Brexit Vote: Chart

(Bloomberg) -- Brexit is adding to the winter health crisis facing U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. More nurses from other European Union countries left the National Health Service in England than joined it last year, according to figures provided by NHS Digital and reported earlier by the BBC. The loss of EU workers threatens to pile pressure on stretched hospitals and community health services, where almost one in 10 nurses is a national of another European country.

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