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Brexit and health and social care: people and process
— eighth report, Health Committee, of Session 2016-17: report, together with formal minutes relating to the report | | Corporate Author | Health Committee, House of Commons |
| Publisher | House of Commons, London, 28 April 2017 |
| Pages | 57 pp (HC session 2016/17 640) |
| Source | http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/commi... |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Personnel ; Patients ; European Union ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | More than 60,000 people from EU countries outside the UK work in the English NHS, and some 90,000 in adult social care. The UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU), "Brexit", will affect many aspects of health and social care provision in the UK. Acknowledging the range and complexity of the questions involved, the Health Committee took evidence in advance of the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This report was intended to be the first phase of the Committee's inquiry, and focuses on the immediate issues faced by people, whether they are workers in health and social care, or patients relying on reciprocal healthcare arrangements. On workforce issues, the report recommends that for the Government's plan for the future post-Brexit should both ensure that health and social care providers can retain and recruit the brightest and best from all parts of the globe, and that the value of the contribution of lower paid health and social care workers is recognised. Further phases of this inquiry have been curtailed by the general election, but it is hoped that the successor committee will prioritise work in the next Parliament on: medicines, devices and substances of human origin; public health and health protection; the UK's continued participation in health-related EU research programmes; and market functioning and trade agreements. The weblink given includes links to written and oral evidence to the Committee. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170505001 B |
| Classmark | L: I: QM: LF: WFC: TM2: 6OA |
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