Ravi's Story

Ravi is 26 and lives in Birmingham Northfield, one of England's most deprived constituencies. He dreamed of becoming a nurse to serve his community, but his path was blocked when HM Treasury's spending limits constrained Health Education England's training budgets. The West Midlands has desperate need for healthcare workers, yet Treasury treats public investment as a cost to minimise rather than the means by which trained professionals reach the wards that need them. Training places existed. People wanted to fill them. But Westminster chose to cap the budget as though the government that issues the pound could run out of pounds. This is Ravi's story of being Blocked in Britain. Contains strong language and references to mental health struggles.