Career progression for overseas nurses: overcoming barriers
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Career progression for overseas nurses: overcoming barriers

Jennifer Trueland Health journalist

Racial diversity in senior nurse roles continues to elude the NHS, so it’s no surprise this inequality is affecting nurses recruited abroad

Nurses from minority ethnic backgrounds make up a large proportion of the UK workforce, but evidence shows they struggle to progress in their careers.

Nursing Standard. 37, 7, 29-30. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.7.29.s17

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