There are more than 4,000 fewer EU/European free trade area doctors working in the UK now than if pre-Brexit recruitment trends had continued

41,320

40,000

Numbers if pre-Brexit

trends had continued

37,035

35,000

30,000

Actual number

working in the UK

25,000

20,000

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

41,320

40,000

Numbers if pre-Brexit

trends had continued

37,035

35,000

30,000

Actual number

working in the UK

25,000

20,000

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021