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Originally Posted by Osem
So with over 150,000 more EU migrants alone coming to Britain than leave every year and a total population of over 3,000,000 migrants who're citizens of another EU country, you assert that more of them work in the NHS than use it? Really?...
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Not really wanting to comment on that stat but one thing to keep to mind when trying to quantify these things is that the demographics may mean EU migrants use it less. If they're disproportionately skewed towards the young then we're talking about a group in which the majority may never have set foot inside a hospital or surgery. The biggest part of the NHS is care for the elderly and diabetics, the load isn't equal though society. So the demographics matter.
I don't know about the claim more migrants work in the NHS than use it but there could easily be an argument that they benefit it more than they take from it.
As an example the link you quoted shows EU migrants are more likely to be doctors than the native population. That's the kind of migration I would hope of us would want, especially since we need more doctors.
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Originally Posted by Taf
I know several EU migrants that work for the NHS. All are cleaners or other menial jobs. Ditto those who do not work for the NHS.
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Ok but it seems a lot of them are Doctors.