A senior nurse representing the UK at an international nursing event has said she feels “ashamed” of the role the country has played in the exploitation of internationally educated nurses in recent years. More recently, the UK has significantly curbed its international recruitment of overseas nurses. The topic was broached at CNR; one of the recommendations agreed on by members was to lobby the WHO to strengthen its international recruitment code of practice, a call ICN president Dr Pamela Cipriano supported. Professor Ranger said, however, that she felt CNR had been a “missed opportunity” to deal with exactly how to tackle the issue of exploitative international recruitment. She said: “We've had direct examples of shocking exploitation of some of our international nurses."

Source: The Times June 10, 2025 10:42 UTC