As the Brexit drama continues to unfold, we are following the political developments and their implications for studying in the UK and working in the UK Health and Social Care sector. Our recent discussion with policy makers has lifted the lid on some of the solutions that politicians are proposing for the inevitable problems that will arise from a disorderly Brexit . The key issue within our sector is the huge number of job vacancies that are currently going unfilled and that will become so much worse once we are cut off from EU workers. Behind the scenes, the NHS is demanding that a solution be put in place immediately to avoid a disastrous collapse in their ability to provide frontline services. Politicians are facing a ticking time-bomb in the combination of an aging population, demographic pressures and a staggering lack of willing workers in the health and social care sector. We have heard that Parliament are already contem