1. The Right People for the Job
The Future of Nursing Recruitment to the UK and Ireland
Helping Fight a Global Nursing Shortage
The international health community has recently been confronted with a global shortage of qualified nurses; a
problem that threatens the quality and progression of worldwide health. Both the UK and Ireland have been and
continue to be affected by this shortage, with a predicted shortfall of 175,000 nurses by 2016 in the UK (UK Centre
for Workforce Intelligence).
Since an adequate supply of nurses is a critical part of an effective healthcare system, such a large and growing
nursing crisis must be addressed and relieved through ethical and effective recruitment to the countries. As a
global leader in healthcare recruitment, Cpl Healthcare has organized and analyzed data on developed and
emerging healthcare markets, in hopes that this research may guide the future of effective healthcare recruitment to
Ireland and the UK.
Ethical and Efficient Healthcare Recruitment
Cpl Healthcare fully understands the importance of maintaining an ethical and fair approach to healthcare
recruitment. While striving for efficiency and complete client satisfaction, Cpl Healthcare is conscious of the
hugely detrimental effect unethical healthcare recruitment has upon international communities, especially
when recruiting nurses from areas with a high disease incidence.
As Cpl Healthcare is unwilling to compromise the quality of life for any member of the global community, the
company has excluded areas with low nurse density and high disease incidence such as most rural areas,
Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and most of South America from their shortlist of prospective
recruitment areas. These recommendations and research are highly focused upon nursing markets that have
a sufficient health workforce and a stable supporting economy to ensure that Cpl Healthcare may ethically and
effectively discover qualified nursing staff who are inclined to begin working in the UK or Ireland.
“I recognise the contribution which overseas
recruitment can bring to a wide range of
services and I support the development of
appropriate recruitment strategies in
partnership with health service employers.”
Micheál Martin, T. D., Irish Minister for Health and
Children, 2001
Rose Walsh
Research Intern
University of Notre Dame
2nd
Floor, 49 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 4825491
Fax 0818 365 103
E: rose.walsh@cplhealthcare.com
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Cpl Healthcare
“Health care leaders agreethat the
currentshortage has a negative
impact on the nursingpractice
environment, nurse retention,and the
profession’s abilityto recruitnurses;
the problemis global in scope and
heading forcrisis if not abated.”
American Associationof Historical
Nursing, 2001
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POLAND 222,966
HUNGARY 88,599
SPAIN 354,539
CZECH REPUBLIC 88,967
ROMANIA 120,478
CROATIA 25,151
CANADA 358,121
SLOVAKIA 350,694
THE PHILIPPINES 571,879
INDIA 2,116,507
BRAZIL 1,483,792
GERMANY 953,786
Using Our Global Presence
Realistic and Researched Recommendations
To further streamline future recruitment, concise and well founded recommendations were
made to guide Cpl Healthcare’s initial search for international nursing talent. The research
conducted clearly points to Poland as the most viable nursing market for recruitment into the
UK in Ireland. The Polish nursing education system is in-line with EU directives and most
Polish nursing diplomas will be accepted by the Irish Nursing Board and Nursing and Midwifery
Council in the UK with little or no adaptation. Although English is not usually the native
language of Polish nurses, many nursing education programs offer or require English training,
making it likely for many Polish nurses (especially young nurses) to have English proficiency.
Additionally, Polish immigrants represent a large portion of the foreign-born population in both
countries (largest foreign-born group in Ireland, second largest in the UK), implying a strong
possibility of social support for the nurses upon relocation. As Poland is a member of both the
EU and EEA, movement across borders is extremely straightforward. Generally, nurses in
Poland would see incentive in moving to the UK or Ireland as their pay and benefits would
almost always improve (dependent upon placement and individual employer). Finally, with
three offices in major cities (Warsaw, Wroclaw and Poznan), Cpl is perfectly poised to begin
recruitment in Poland. Based on the relatively large amount of nurses in Poland, it is very likely
that Cpl Healthcare may be able to meet all clients’ needs by focusing recruitment efforts in
Poland, but in case recruitment is extended beyond Poland, Cpl Healthcare may easily use
their other international locations and the contacts compiled in this project to quickly meet client
needs.
Recommended Countries and Approximate
Number of Nurses
In order of recruitment priority
Getting in Touch
Using strong research methods and reliable sources such as the World Bank
and World Health Organization databases, a report was synthesized on the
viability of nursing recruitment from various global healthcare markets. The top
100 countries with the highest density of nurses were further examined across
various factors (including ease of movement, English proficiency levels, and ten
more factors) to isolate a shortlist of twelve countries that were the smartest
matches for the Irish and UK healthcare and immigration systems.
To make use of this research, a further search was conducted to find accredited
and reputable nursing schools within each country, building a list of 155 nursing
schools and their location and contact information. Priority was given to nursing
schools that were near Cpl Jobs locations, so that a Cpl office could be
accessible to prospective nursing recruits or nursing school administrators.
Every school on the list was sent a uniform email (in English) to gain a primitive
insight into the possibility of these schools to set up partnerships with Cpl
Healthcare. The responses were recorded and sent forward. This initial
contact effort and nursing school list will be important for Cpl Healthcare to
move forward quickly in building relationships with reputable international
nursing schools.
Current Cpl Jobs Locations: a gatew ay to involvement w ith local nurses.
World Health Organization Database, 2011