NHS employers have been told that they should only consider international recruitment 'when its professional and service value can be clearly demonstrated' and 'it will have no adverse effects upon the recruit's home healthcare system'.
Welcoming the new guidance, the Royal College of Nursing said the NHS should not seek to cure recruitment and retention problems 'by potentially worsening those in other countries'.
The government’s immigration white paper does not provide a long-term solution to the NHS’ workforce needs, NHS Employers has warned.
Doctors will be provided with new incentives to take on more generalist roles and shift dominance away from “highly specialised” ones, according to the long-term plan for the NHS.
Hospital chief executives and senior NHS England staff were among those named in the New Year’s Honours list.
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