pym reports. big show in a rising work. doctors recruit from outside the eu and the uk rose to 44% of the total last year. as for nurses and midwives, registering to work each yearin midwives, registering to work each year in the uk, this was the year just before the brexit referendum, blue for uk staff, or in showing nurses from other european countries and great for other nations. then the european share fell back, partly down to a new language test that nearly half of the newjoiners last year were from other countries. the nhs is was welcomed overseas staff, but there have been calls for more to be trained in the uk. lynette is a paediatric nurse. she came to the uk injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband who already has a job in the nhs. the staff are lovely, they are supportive. lynette was hired by an east london hospital trust with 11 other overseas nurses. i came over with
our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. new figures show in a rising workforce, doctors in england recruited from outside the uk and the eu rose from 18% in 202015 to 34% of the total last year. as the nurses and midwives, registering to work eg in the uk, this was the year just before the brexit referendum, blue for uk staff, orange showing nurses from other european countries and great for other nations. then the european share fell back partly down to a new language test and nearly half of the newjoiners last year were from other countries. the nhs has always welcomed overseas staff. but i have been called more to be trained in the uk. lynette is a paediatric nurse. she came to the uk injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband
good evening. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk, analysis by the bbc has found. it shows that more than a third of doctors who joined the health service last year came from overseas, compared with less than a fifth in 2015 and the rise is even more marked for nurses. this was just before the brexit referendum blue for uk staff, orange showing nurses from other european countries and grey for other nations. then the european share fell, partly down to a new language test and nearly half of the new nurses last year were from other countries. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. lynette is a paediatric nurse.
it shows that more than a third of doctors who joined the health service last year came from overseas, compared with less than a fifth in 2015. the government says employing people from abroad has always been part of its strategy, but unions have warned it is unsustainable in the long term, and that the uk should be training its own doctors and nurses. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. new figures show in a rising workforce, doctors in england recruited from outside the uk and the eu rose from 18% of the total in 2015, to 34% last year. as for nurses and midwives registering to work each year in the uk, this was just before the brexit referendum blue for uk staff, orange showing nurses from other european countries and grey for other nations. then the european share fell, partly down to a new language test, and nearly half of the newjoiners last year were from other countries.