Nurse 'poaching' continues [print version]
Britain continues to recruit nurses and other health staff from “red listed” countries, who have their own shortages...
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Swiss nursing referendum [print version]
The Swiss Nurses’ Association has gathered sufficient support to force a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
Swiss to vote on nursing self-sufficiency
27 October 2021
The Swiss Nurses’ Association, backed by doctors and patients’ organisations and the country’s trade union confederation, has forced a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
Nursing shortages: move on from the blame game
14 September 2021
The shortage of nurses is worldwide. There’s no future in leaving it to the SNP or the British governmemt to resolve.
Nurses: stop the poaching!
20 May 2021
In the midst of a global pandemic, what is a country like Britain doing importing nurses from India, itself in desperate need of medical staff?
Scrap student nursing fees, say unions
5 June 2020
Student nurses and midwives stepped up when they were needed. Their unions are calling for an end to their tuition fees. This will remove barriers to new students created in 2017 by cuts in financial support.
Nursing shortages: the answer lies closer to home
Instead of draining other countries of their trained nurses, we should be taking steps to increase the number here who qualify – and the number who stay in the profession.
Fall in nursing applications
A further shortage of nurses in the NHS is looming, fuelled by an unfulfilled need to plan for and train staff. That’s due to high fees and the loss of the student bursary in England, not Brexit.
Foreign recruitment 'risks destruction of health systems', says nursing chief
3 November 2017
The head of the International Council of Nurses is calling on developed countries not to rely on overseas staff but rather train and develop their own staff.
Nurses: time to take charge - shorter version
With 40,000 nursing posts vacant in England, it’s time to refocus on the real causes of the staff crisis.
Nurses: time to take charge
6 August 2017
There is certainly a nurse staff crisis in the NHS but it is not Brexit-induced – says one of the staffing agencies which are making a tidy fortune from the crisis.
Health bursaries scrapped
The government has confirmed it will push student nurses and other health care students into debts of at least £50,000 each by scrapping the NHS bursary.
Better ways of preparing the next generation of nurses
2 February 2016
The only good thing to have arisen from chancellor George Osborne’s plan to institutionalise debt for student nurses and other health students is a debate about what is wrong with the current system.
Health bursaries campaign goes national
10 January 2016
The campaign against the attack on health students’ bursaries moved up a gear on Saturday 9 January with the first national demonstration. Students travelled from all over England to assemble in London.
Three big lies in the attack on health students
How can Britain be short of nurses and midwives and yet cut back on training places and support? The answer is simple: rob other countries by importing their trained specialists…
India's loss
Before Theresa May added nursing to the shortage occupation list the Indian Health Ministry was expecting to gain from the implementation of her previous immigration rules which had been due to take effect on 6 April 2016.