There has been an almost 50% collapse in the number of international professionals joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council ...

The nursing regulator said black, Asian or minority ethnic nurses and midwives are being “held back” by experiences of racism ...

The health and care system has relied on international recruitment ‘for generations’ with experts warning that plans to tighten visa rules and cut immigration could ‘deepen’ workforce shortages ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has “significantly” increased its test centre provision for nurses from overseas and those returning to practice, it has been announced. The nursing regulator said ...

Nurses and midwives looking to register in the UK will be able to take a new occupational language test designed specifically for healthcare professionals from next month. Under the changes that come ...

Concerns have been raised that the health service could become over reliant on nurses and midwives from overseas, after figures showed a big surge in new joiners to the register who trained abroad. In ...

BMJ OnExamination, a leading provider of medical revision resources, is supporting adult field nurses seeking employment in the UK to prepare for the part 1 Test of Competence exam set by the Nursing ...

At least 14,815 nurses and midwives trained in Nigeria have migrated to the United Kingdom over the past five years in search of better opportunities, according to data from the UK’s Nursing and ...

UNIONS blamed Labour’s “hostile” immigration reforms yesterday for a near 50 per cent drop in international recruitment for nursing and midwifery. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has revealed ...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Britain recruited a record number of international nurses in the last financial year to plug hospital staffing shortages, with as many as 10% coming from so-called "red-list ...

The introduction of an alternative language test to check foreign nurses’ communication skills could occur “within weeks” following an “overwhelmingly positive” response to a consultation on the ...