Tommy Robinson

[Teddy Eagle]

It doesn't.

I googled "what proportion of uk working visas are for health professionals" and got this response:-

"The Home Office granted 350,000 'Health and Care' visas in 2023 in total, including dependants, compared to 118,000 skilled visas in other sectors. This means the share of Skilled Worker visas going to health and care roles jumped from 58% in 2022 to 75% in 2023."

Of course there are other legal immigrant categories, primarily family visas and student visas, but in this context they must be disregarded.

So 75% of those we are bringing here to fill skilled vacancies are as a consequence of shortages in the health care sector. Not just doctors and nurses either. Care assistants, midwives and other clinical roles are also involved.

More recently there have been restrictions on dependents, especially at the lower salaries end. This has the potential to backfire as I know some are now thinking of relocating to other places that take a more sympathetic line. There have also been budget restraints which have meant overseas recruitment has been indefinitely suspended, causing staff shortages, strain on over worked staff and inevitable longer waiting lists.

So the political need to be seen to be "doing something about immigration" has consequences which hurt the needy and no doubt will generate further moaning without any linkage being seen.

The total number employed by the NHS is 1.5 million. The total number of immigrants is 10.7 million.
That isn't 75%.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

The total number employed by the NHS is 1.5 million. The total number of immigrants is 10.7 million.
That isn't 75%.

Tommy Robinson and Tapioca Pudding. Which overall has more relevance to the OP than yourself.

Hey Mods, allow people to fill a thread with shyte and i will fill it with the OP and some interesting nice dessert.

Tapioca PUDDING. Cos i did follow your advice and put Wisbech onto 'ignore'. But i cannot use ignore for twenty or thirty HOL eagles.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Tommy Robinson and Tapioca Pudding. Which overall has more relevance to the OP than yourself.

Hey Mods, allow people to fill a thread with shyte and i will fill it with the OP and some interesting nice dessert.

Tapioca PUDDING

Your self appointed role of relevance monitor notwithstanding isn't Tommy Robinson concerned with immigration?

 

[beak]

The total number employed by the NHS is 1.5 million. The total number of immigrants is 10.7 million.
That isn't 75%.

There are lies damn lies and statistics, rather like Fleet Streets old adage Make it short, make it sharp, make it up.

 

[cryrst]

I agree it seems illogical. Perhaps it's part of the general effort to reduce congestion and increase the use of public transport?

Which would make sense if that wasn’t so expensive !

 

[Badger11]

The total number employed by the NHS is 1.5 million. The total number of immigrants is 10.7 million.
That isn't 75%.

The government has admitted that huge numbers of people who come on visas to be care workers are not actually doing that job.

 

[Stirlingsays]

The government has admitted that huge numbers of people who come on visas to be care workers are not actually doing that job.

Until the people who push and make these decisions get fired or suffer consequences then we will continue...unless you are woke/far left.....on this decline of social trust in our leaders and institutions.

 

[Badger11]

Until the people who push and make these decisions get fired or suffer consequences then we will continue...unless you are woke/far left.....on this decline of social trust in our leaders and institutions.

Agreed. The companies that employ these people illegally need also to be punished. Perhaps when the CEO of Deliveroo or Uber is sent down they might start taking the issue seriously.

 

[Iron Mod]

The subject of this thread is Tommy Robinson. Keep it to this please. Otherwise start up a new topic. Will hand out warnings if people continue to ignore.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Removed.

 

[cryrst]

Removed.

What TR, that was slick