Morale has been “decimated” by the government’s refusal to remove the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), at a time when overseas healthcare workers are working harder than ever in our NHS.
“Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, president of the Doctors’ Association UK said: “The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) for NHS workers is a cruel and unnecessary policy which must be scrapped. These surcharges, which run into the thousands for a family of four, can be crippling for frontline NHS workers. Doctors from overseas have told us that this policy has made them feel unwelcome in the UK. The fact that the charge has been increased even further during the Covid pandemic has decimated morale amongst our overseas workforce.“
”We were grateful to Sir Keir Starmer for reading out our letter to the Home Office at PMQs today and would welcome an amendment to the Immigration Bill to exempt NHS healthcare workers from the surcharge.” “
