Health CareIndian nurses in demand as Asians fill U.K. post-Brexit labor gaps
Health care to farming sectors short of workers after Europeans shut out
Nurses trained in India are sought after in the U.K., which is facing a huge labor shortage. © Reuters
RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer
LONDON -- Nurses and midwives trained in India outnumbered their Filipino counterparts in the U.K. for the first time this year, as Asian workers fill vacancies in sectors from health care to agriculture seven years after Brexit triggered an exodus of EU citizens, recent figures show.