Thousands of foreign staff could be hired to fill huge vacancies in health service
The Independent|August 19, 2022
The government is working on plans to recruit thousands of foreign workers from countries such as India and the Phillippines to plug staffing gaps in the health and social care sector, according to reports.
TOM BATCHELOR
Thousands of foreign staff could be hired to fill huge vacancies in health service

Overseas recruits are expected to be brought in on a "mass scale" as the health service struggles to fill vacancies.

Nurses and other healthcare staff are needed before the winter when services will come under even greater pressure. Steve Barclay, the health secretary, has instructed an international task force to help achieve this, according to The Times.

Paperwork relating to the new drive for overseas workers, seen by the newspaper, said ministers had decided that "international recruitment" was one solution to the staffing shortfall.

A source told The Times that the health and care visa could be used to bring in staff to fill some of the 160,000 vacancies.

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