The Border and Immigration Agency has said it will be removing 38 healthcare occupations from the national shortage occupation list.
From 18 March, all work permit applications for these occupations will be subject to a full resident labour market test.
See www.nhsemployers.org for further details.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director, it has announced.
A third of trusts are yet to appoint a chief clinical information officer, HSJ has found.
Two in five trusts have told HSJ they do not have a director with IT responsibility on their board, prompting health secretary Matt Hancock to renew calls for every trust to do so.
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