Employ local nurses before turning to foreign recruits
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Employ local nurses before turning to foreign recruits

As a nursing student at the end of my second year, I was disheartened by the news story, ‘Restart overseas recruitment, say NHS workforce planners’ (May 27). Given the economic downturn, job prospects for my colleagues and I look grim.

Nursing Standard. 23, 39, 33-33. doi: 10.7748/ns.23.39.33.s48

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