Refusing qualified doctors from non-EU countries is mad. As Jim's article says, there's already a grave shortage of staff, and the existing doctors will have to extend their hours to cover the gaps, or lengthen waiting lists for treatment. Where's the advantage in that?

I drove my neighbour to an Outpatients appointment recently at our Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and sitting in the waiting area, we noticed the wide variety of nationalities among the staff that passed through. It was lovely to see; Indian, African, Philippine, Chinese and so on. All no doubt desperately needed (porters, nurses, doctors, receptionists and so on)

They seem to be cutting off their noses to spite their faces by turning these valuable folk away.