The trust, which runs York and Scarborough hospitals, had an 11.5 per cent vacancy rate for healthcare support workers in adult inpatient areas and a 14.5 per cent vacancy rate for registered nurses in adult inpatient areas in January this year, according to the news report
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More than 100 professionals from India would be recruited by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Trust that runs the York and Scarborough Hospitals. According to The Scarborough News, the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has made offers to 107 medical staff, including 97 registered nurses and 10 allied health professionals, following a recruitment trip to Kerala.
“The Trust has started the process to bid for NHS England funding to support international nursing recruitment between April-November 2023 and has indicated a target of 90 international nurses which could generate 450,000 pounds in funding,” members of the trust’s board of directors were told.
The vacancy rate on adult inpatient wards dropped to 7.6 per cent after international nurses joined the trust
The Trust, which has been facing issues with the recruitment and retention of staff, stated that “work is under way to process applications and support candidates with their English to enable cohorts to be drafted so we can plan commencement dates across 2023/24”.
The trust, which runs York and Scarborough hospitals, had an 11.5 per cent vacancy rate for healthcare support workers in adult inpatient areas and a 14.5 per cent vacancy rate for registered nurses in adult inpatient areas in January this year, according to the news report. The vacancy rate on adult inpatient wards dropped to 7.6 per cent after international nurses joined the trust, the board was told.
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