96% drop in EU nurses registering to work in Britain since Brexit vote

Official figures show 46 nurses came to work in the UK in April, down from 1,304 last July

The number of nurses from the EU registering to work in the UK has dropped by 96% less than a year after the Brexit vote, official figures show.

Last July, 1,304 EU nurses came to work in the UK; this fell to just 46 in April, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) statistics show.

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