The UK has stopped the recruitment of doctors and nurses from Nigeria and 46 other countries across the world.
Other affected countries include: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo Democratic of, Cot D’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Karibati, Lesotho, Liberia, among others.
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The United Kingdom’s new approach to the recruitment of international health and care workers is contained in the updated Code of Practice (CoP) by the country’s government.
According to Africa Check, at least 5,250 Nigerian-trained doctors are listed in the UK books as of April 2018, an increase of 10% over 2017.
UK’s approach to the international recruitment of health and care workers was confirmed in the updated Code of Practice (CoP) by the United Kingdom government. Africa Check had earlier revealed that no fewer than 5,250 Nigerian-trained doctors are on the UK books as of April 2018, a rise of 10 per cent on the previous year.
The Sun reports that the new policy is contained in a CoP released by the UK Department of Health and Social Care. It aims to meet the country’s target of delivering 50,000 more nurses by 2024.
With the new policy UK recruiters are not allowed to actively hire health workers from these countries unless there is government to government agreement in place for managed recruitment.
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