The then prime minister Boris Johnson had “got Brexit done.” Except he hadn’t. The scale of the damage inflicted by Brexit is less widely appreciated. By the end of 2021 it was estimated that Brexit had added £210 to the average annual food bill.10The second report is from the Nuffield Trust.11 It looks specifically at the impact of Brexit on the NHS. From the outset, one of the greatest concerns was about the UK’s dependence on health workers from abroad—especially the European Economic Area (EEA). The effect was a 28% reduction in nurses and health visitors on the UK register who qualified in the EEA, a net loss of over 10,000.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2023 07:14 UTC