Soft Brexit could damage your health, warn doctors: Regulator says the NHS will be left powerless to perform checks on European medics if the UK stays in the single market

Soft Brexit could damage your health, warn doctors: Regulator states the NHS will be left helpless to perform look at European medics if the UK stays in the single market

The NHS will be helpless to carry out important safety checks on European medical professionals if Theresa May goes with a ‘soft Brexit’, the medical regulator has cautioned. The General Medical Council told MPs that if Britain stays in the EU single market, it will be not able to evaluate properly the competence and skills of doctors from the Continent. Brussels bans the security checks saying they break liberty of movement guidelines. The GMC said if the Prime Minister accedes to Remainers’ demands to remain in the single market, it will still have to comply with the ban. It included that if the UK leaves the single market, the NHS will be free to ‘boost patient security’ with ‘rigorous assessments of [physicians’] understanding and clinical abilities’. Brexit supporters will use the GMC’s argument to boost their case that British pa …

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