NHS would be put under threat by Brexit, says Jeremy Hunt

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/26/nhs-under-threat-from-brexit

Health secretary warns doctors and nurses would go if Britain left EU but critics slam his stance as ‘scaremongering’

NHS would be put under threat by Brexit, says Jeremy Hunt
Toby Helm Observer
Saturday 26 March 2016 18.00 EDT

The National Health Service will face budget cuts, falling standards and an exodus of overseas doctors and nurses if the UK leaves the European Union, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

In a controversial intervention in the Brexit debate, Hunt warns in an Observer article that leaving will create risks to levels of service and investment and could trigger a loss of key staff that will leave gaps on the NHS frontline.

His decision to link the future of the NHS to arguments over EU membership was labelled by pro-Brexit campaigners as scaremongering.

While opinion polls show the remain side narrowly ahead, with less than three months to go before the in/out referendum on 23 June, No 10 remains concerned that high numbers of undecided voters could still back Brexit.