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In 2019, over **** thousand nurses in the United Kingdom held an Asian nationality, while **** thousand nurses had an EU nationality. Furthermore, there were approximately **** thousand Asian doctors in the UK, and **** thousand doctors with an EU nationality. The highest amount of NHS workers from the rest of the World were working as support to clinical staff, with *** thousand categorized in this staff group.

Make up of non-UK NHS workers

The highest share of healthcare employees who were from the EU occur in the younger age groups, with almost ** thousand employees in the period 2016 to 2018 aged under 34 years of age. While, ** thousand health care workers in the UK aged between 35 and 44 years are from outside of the EU. ** thousand NHS employees working in London were EU nationals, the highest amount of any region in the UK although London is one the most populated and most diverse region in the UK.

Impact of Brexit

In 2019, it was found that almost ** percent of healthcare professionals in the UK knew at least one colleague considering leaving their job due to Brexit. While * percent knew a co-worker, who had already left because of the Brexit situation. Due to the large number of workers from the EU in the NHS, the service could be very vulnerable to Brexit and the potential of many employees leaving due to Brexit.