Mohammed Adnaan Patel said he did have sympathy with much of the argument but not all.
He said: “It’s quite a topic of frequent discussion as the years go on as we get closer to that stage,”
“It is quite scary. It does raise a lot of anxiety within the students and myself.”
But the NHS also has difficulty keeping hold of medical staff.
Last year in the North West of England one in ten left – although that was actually better than the year before.
Some will have left the profession altogether but some will have been tempted away by similar jobs in Canada, Australia, and the gulf states, who also run international recruitment campaigns.
As the global population ages and healthcare needs increase, the international fight to attract trained medical staff, wherever they come from, is likely to intensify.
Dr Muhammad Hamza from MedConnect Europe says he doesn’t see the demand for European students slowing any time soon.
He said: “I see it growing because the demand for doctors and dentists, not only in the UK is a lot but all over the world”
“I don’t see it slowing down. It’s going to expand further and further.”