Recruitment from outside of the UK has made a valuable contribution in the NHS over recent years and forms an important part of the workforce supply strategy of NHS organisations - alongside many other solutions including:
- UK trained
- apprenticeships
- skill mix reviews
- service reconfiguration
- recruitment & retention premia
- up skilling
Over recent years the Home Office has introduced a number of changes to the immigration system governing the way individuals from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland can work, train or study in the UK. They include tough measures to prevent illegal working and a limit on the number of migrants that organisations can employ under Tier 2 of the points-based system. Our immigration rules - the points-based system page explain the immigration points based system in more detail.
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