‘Countries benefiting from international recruitment must also reinvest in those they recruit from.’ etty‘Countries benefiting from international recruitment must also reinvest in those they recruit from.’ ettyLettersRecruiting nurses overseas must work for allHoward Catton of the International Council of Nurses calls for a co-investment mechanism in global nursing educationYour report on the 93% fall in overseas nurses (Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts, 26 February) lays bare how dependent the UK has become on international recruitment. When visa policy shifts can trigger warnings of an “impending car crash”, it shows a workforce model built on fragility, not resilience. For years, the UK – like other high-income countries – has relied on internationally educated nurses to fill domestic shortages. That may have eased immediate pressures, but it masked chronic underinvestment in training, pay and retention at home.
