Visa rules forcing migrant NHS workers to leave UK amid Covid second wave
by Diane Taylor from on (#5A4T3)
Shameful' treatment of health and care workers comes amid 122,000 shortage in England
Migrant healthcare workers are having to return to their countries of origin, potentially hampering Britain's response to the second wave of coronavirus, after the expiry of visas to support the NHS, trade unions and charities have warned.
Unison has called on the government to stop forcing out key workers in the health and care sectors and to stop barring potential new ones from coming to work here.
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