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Oct 2019
Over 200 Australian nurses recruited to start work at UK hospital
Following a successful recruitment campaign, 237 Australian nurses are due to arrive at Bedford Hospital, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The drive to recruit more nurses came about after the majority of the hospital’s Spanish nurses left earlier this year, with Brexit uncertainty being blamed.
Stephen Conroy, chief executive of the hospital, said “Almost all of our Spanish nurses left by February, because they were expecting Brexit on 31st March. We’ve mapped all our European staff, and which department they are in.
“They are spread evenly across the organisation, so there is no risk if they all did return (to their home countries), which they don’t because there is an agreement. No particular area is at risk.”
A spokesperson from the hospital said the employment offers were provisional and dependent on pre-employment checks and if successful, the posts were expected to be filled over the next 12-18 months.
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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