The NHS Confederation has implored the Government to take immediate steps to retain EU national staff within the service.
The organisation - which represents NHS Providers and Commissioners - argued in a briefing paper to a House of Lords debate over Brexit's impact that efforts must be made to ensure they do not leave, as staffing numbers could fall beneath safe levels.
Five percent of NHS staff - roughly 57,000 people - are EU nationals, and represent a gap which the confederation say cannot be immediately filled by increasing apprenticeships, the introduction of the nursing associate position and abolishing student bursaries.
The adult social care brief has been downgraded from minister of state level as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's first cabinet reshuffle.
The remit previously overseen by former Care Minister Alistair Burt will now be handled by under-secretary for community, health and care David Mowat, who does not sit at Cabinet.
Mowat is now responsible for community services, dementia, cancer, learning disabilities, and primary care as well as adult social care - mental health has fallen to Secretary of Health Jeremy Hunt.
Prominent physiotherapists have warned MPs that there is a country-wide 'serious shortage' of physiotherapists who specialise in muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy.
Neuromuscular physiotherapy experts Dr Gita Ramdharry and Dr Anna Mayhew advocated the need for further funding in the field, as patients suffering from muscle-wasting diseases cannot currently access valuable physiotherapy services they badly need.
Both doctors were speaking at an event held at the Houses of Parliament by Muscular Dystrophy UK, which coincided with a report by the charity - titled 'Overstretched - setting out the lack of available treatment and money for treatment across the country.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned that it now faces multiple risks following the decision made by the United Kingdom to leave Europe.
NMC chairperson Janet Finch has warned that the organisation faced risks no matter the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, although it seemed more likely that EU nurses and midwives would be able to continue to work in the UK.
However, she went on to warn that even if this was the case, processing burdens would certainly increase as applications from EU nationals would likely be processed via already-existing non-EU staff systems.