People may remember from the 2016 Brexit referendum that a red bus with a famous slogan, “We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead”, played a crucial role of affecting the outcome of the referendum. However, when Britain leaves the EU, will there be any improvement in the UK health system?
Three leading health-think tanks have warned that the National Health Service (NHS) is likely to face a shortage of around 350000 staff in a decade due in part to “restrictive immigration policies exacerbated by Brexit”. I want to say that not only the staffs will find it harder to get work permits in the UK, the supply of junior doctors will also shrink as well.
Currently the EU students are enjoying local tuition fees when studying in UK universities. However, after Britain leaves the EU, these students may have to pay international student fees which are much higher than the current rate. In addition, international student fees for attending different courses are different, and the international medical student’s tuition fee rate is one of the most expensive ones. When the tuition fees for studying medicine and becoming doctors become much more expensive, it will certainly prevent some European students from studying medicine in the UK. And the number of medical students determine the supply of doctors, especially junior doctors.
Therefore, it is likely to see the supply of doctors in the UK labour market will shrink over time after Brexit.
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