3,000 European nurses now working in the UK
Official figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have found that there are 3,000 fewer nurses working in the National Health Service from the European Economic Area (EEA) than in the same period a year ago. Some 3,962 staff from the EEA left the NMC register between 2017 and 2018, while the number of […]
Care home providers paying up to £1k per shift for agency nurses
A report by Scottish Care has revealed that care home providers are paying up to £1,000 per shift for agency nurses to cover rotas – with care providers more reliant on agency staff to fill holes in staffing than ever before. The report claims that a third of nursing posts in care homes are vacant, […]
RCN warns thousands of nurses in North West ‘at risk’ due to Brexit…
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) – considered to be ‘the voice of nursing’ across the UK – has revealed that, with many North West trusts struggling to recruit British nationals after a lengthy pay freeze in the NHS, the RCN estimates that recruitment from the EU is now at its highest level for 20 […]
Recruiting overseas nurses may ‘negatively impact quality of care’…
Patients treated by nurses educated abroad are less likely to feel confident in the care they receive and report less satisfaction, according to a new study. Experts behind the research – the first evidence of its kind – said recruiting more nurses from overseas instead of from the UK may “negatively impact quality of care”. […]
