Return on investment of overseas nurse recruitment: lessons for the NHS (Nuffield Trust, 4 October 2021)

Summary

This research by the Nuffield Trust, commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement, explores the business case for overseas recruitment and looks at the factors that attract or deter nurses from choosing to work in the UK.

With a current NHS nursing vacancy rate of 10% and ambitious national goals to expand the workforce, recruiting nurses from overseas is an essential part of the picture. In this research, the authors look at the costs and benefits of overseas recruitment and present their findings as a briefing paper, research report and review on factors that attract or deter staff from moving to the UK.