NHS Over Reliant on Migration: Wes Streeting

The shadow health secretary said he believes it’s ‘immoral’ and ‘unfair’ to rely on foreign health and care workers amid a global shortage.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London,on April 28, 2024. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

The NHS is “over reliant” on migration for staff, Wes Streeting said on Sunday.

The shadow health secretary said he believes it’s “immoral” that the UK is recruiting health care workers from so-called red list countries as they “have a severe shortage of their own health care workers.”