>The NHS has been hiring more nurses from countries on the WHO’s ‘red list’ since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new study has found.
>Between 2016 and 2021, there was a 28% decrease in nurses and health visitors coming from the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. while the number coming from outside the EU increased by around 30,000.
>However, the report’s authors warned that the level of non-European recruitment is ‘far from sufficient to make up for existing or projected shortages, both in general and specialist nursing’, as well as creating serious ethical risks.
>They noted that Brexit had been associated with significant increases in recruitment from countries on the Support and Safeguard List, otherwise known as the red list, of lower- and middle-income countries experiencing healthcare staff shortages that compromise universal coverage.
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>Recruitment from these nations, which include Nepal, Ghana, and Nigeria, is restricted by the Government’s code of conduct, which stipulates that direct recruitment from these countries risks undermining their healthcare systems.
>Since Brexit, one London trust increased its share of red list staff by 265 between 2019 and 2022, while a large trust outside of London recruited 215 more red list staff out of a total staff increase of only 570.
>Such rapid and localised increases in red list staff, according to the report, may be an indication that active recruitment is taking place, putting the healthcare systems of vulnerable nations at risk.
It’s not exactly like Brits are queuing up to be underpaid and overworked.
Well brexiters wanted more commonwealth immigration.
We are seeing it in our department at work. British and EU workers are down significantly but applications from Nigeria are through the roof, although most are also rejected as they are not qualified to work here to begin with. British workers don’t like the pay and antisocial hours, while Brexit has put off EU workers. It doesn’t really leave us with much and we are now reliant on locum workers to constantly plug staffing gaps, which is bad as they tend to be very transient and come and go all too easily. It’s been a bad year for us and you can really feel the difference caused by post-Brexit changes to immigration right now.
Well, this was obviously going to happen. Block EU workers, start getting non EU ones. It’s almost like remainers spent years pointing this out….
The reason why “red list” matters:
>They noted that Brexit had been associated with significant increases in recruitment from countries on the Support and Safeguard List, otherwise known as the red list, of lower- and middle-income countries experiencing healthcare staff shortages that compromise universal coverage.
>Recruitment from these nations, which include Nepal, Ghana, and Nigeria, is restricted by the Government’s code of conduct, which stipulates that direct recruitment from these countries risks undermining their healthcare systems.
>While individuals in red list countries are able to directly apply for job vacancies in the UK, NHS employers are supposed to refrain from actively recruiting from these countries.
Yikes, that companies house registration is a bit of a rats nest of investigation
The should start recruiting from Third World Countries.
Rawanda etc..
They got to watch that they no longer offer Citizenship. Just Work permits.
The level of training is dire in some countries.
I dont want to be associated with the NHS anymore as a Doctor
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William Hunter, 19 December 2022.
Excerpt:
>The NHS has been hiring more nurses from countries on the WHO’s ‘red list’ since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new study has found.
>Between 2016 and 2021, there was a 28% decrease in nurses and health visitors coming from the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. while the number coming from outside the EU increased by around 30,000.
>However, the report’s authors warned that the level of non-European recruitment is ‘far from sufficient to make up for existing or projected shortages, both in general and specialist nursing’, as well as creating serious ethical risks.
>They noted that Brexit had been associated with significant increases in recruitment from countries on the Support and Safeguard List, otherwise known as the red list, of lower- and middle-income countries experiencing healthcare staff shortages that compromise universal coverage.
>
>Recruitment from these nations, which include Nepal, Ghana, and Nigeria, is restricted by the Government’s code of conduct, which stipulates that direct recruitment from these countries risks undermining their healthcare systems.
>Since Brexit, one London trust increased its share of red list staff by 265 between 2019 and 2022, while a large trust outside of London recruited 215 more red list staff out of a total staff increase of only 570.
>Such rapid and localised increases in red list staff, according to the report, may be an indication that active recruitment is taking place, putting the healthcare systems of vulnerable nations at risk.
Further reading:
*Health and Brexit: six years on*, 19 December 2022, https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/health-and-brexit-six-years-on
It’s not exactly like Brits are queuing up to be underpaid and overworked.
Well brexiters wanted more commonwealth immigration.
We are seeing it in our department at work. British and EU workers are down significantly but applications from Nigeria are through the roof, although most are also rejected as they are not qualified to work here to begin with. British workers don’t like the pay and antisocial hours, while Brexit has put off EU workers. It doesn’t really leave us with much and we are now reliant on locum workers to constantly plug staffing gaps, which is bad as they tend to be very transient and come and go all too easily. It’s been a bad year for us and you can really feel the difference caused by post-Brexit changes to immigration right now.
Well, this was obviously going to happen. Block EU workers, start getting non EU ones. It’s almost like remainers spent years pointing this out….
The reason why “red list” matters:
>They noted that Brexit had been associated with significant increases in recruitment from countries on the Support and Safeguard List, otherwise known as the red list, of lower- and middle-income countries experiencing healthcare staff shortages that compromise universal coverage.
>Recruitment from these nations, which include Nepal, Ghana, and Nigeria, is restricted by the Government’s code of conduct, which stipulates that direct recruitment from these countries risks undermining their healthcare systems.
>While individuals in red list countries are able to directly apply for job vacancies in the UK, NHS employers are supposed to refrain from actively recruiting from these countries.
Yikes, that companies house registration is a bit of a rats nest of investigation
The should start recruiting from Third World Countries.
Rawanda etc..
They got to watch that they no longer offer Citizenship. Just Work permits.
The level of training is dire in some countries.
I dont want to be associated with the NHS anymore as a Doctor