'We are Europe!' Picture from London hospital shows surgical team of three scrub nurses from Spain, Irish radiographer, German anaesthetist, Greek urologist and British Pakistani consultant to prove 'immigration is the backbone of the NHS'

Junaid Masood, who posted the picture while working at Homerton University Hospital in east London, said immigration is 'the backbone' of the NHS. 


The locum consultant urologist wrote: 'Today we have been hard at work improving people's lives! This is what our friends from Europe do for the NHS. He added: 'Let's speak out for working together and not being a divided society. Immigration has been the backbone of the NHS we all love and cherish, and is good for our society and country!!' The picture has been shared more than 11,000 times on social media.