A RISE in racist incidents and Islamophobia following the EU referendum has been condemned by an NHS campaign group.

Oxfordshire Keep Our NHS Public called on the Government to promise the future of all foreign workers in the NHS was secure.

In a statement the group said: "The referendum result has triggered huge uncertainty among workers from elsewhere in Europe who make a vital contribution to the NHS and social care.

"The NHS cannot survive without the tens of thousands of dedicated health staff from across the EU currently working here.

"We call for the Government to recognise this and to state that the future of workers from other parts of Europe who have come to the UK to work in the NHS and other sectors, and that of their families, is completely secure in the UK."

It comes after an Oxford doctor last week told the Oxford Mail the referendum result would have a "catastrophic" effect on on the NHS in Oxfordshire.

Dr Rachel Clarke said EU national doctors and nurses were already considering leaving the UK in a climate where they now felt unwelcome in their adopted country.

She also said it was "naive" of anyone thing that freedom of movement between the UK and the rest of the EU would remain the same under Theresa May.

The prime minister said this month: "The Brexit vote have us a very clear message from people that we couldn't allow freedom of movement to continue as it had done."