The NHS: The Recruitment Dilemma

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Since its inception in the 1940s, the National Health Service in Britain has relied on doctors and nurses trained overseas. How does it plan for the workforce it requires? Doctor-turned-journalist Smitha Mundasad, asks why the NHS is currently facing a recruitment crisis on so many fronts. She'll ask what impact Brexit could have. Can pharmacists, physician associates and other health workers do the work of doctors, who take longer to train and cost more to employ? And will the NHS start training more of its workforce? Presenter: Smitha Mundasad Producer: Rosamund Jones. Presenter: Smitha Mundasad Producer: Rosamund Jones. (Image: NHS surgical team who come from around the European Union. Credit: Junaid Masood)