Apr 19, 2022
NHS Scotland recruit nearly 200 overseas nurses
Mr Yousaf said staff numbers were likely to increase significantly over the coming months as health boards take advantage of new infrastructure for employing qualified international staff. About 156,000 whole-time equivalent staff were working for the health service in Scotland at the end of December, according to NHS Workforce statistics. Mr Yousaf added: "Scotland has the best-paid NHS staff in the UK and record workforce levels. We are determined to continue this progress as we recover from the pandemic."Our National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care commits to understanding how we can achieve a more sustainable, skilled workforce which makes careers in health and social care - at all levels - more attractive. "Frontline staff have gone above and beyond during the pandemic but are beyond breaking point. Any additional staff is welcome for our health service, but we need to see more urgency from SNP ministers."A&E waiting times are out of control, the backlog for patient treatment is ever growing and vacancy levels among our nursing and midwifery sector are now in the thousands. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "Under this SNP/Green government there are record numbers of vacancies in every corner of the NHS. Any new staff will therefore be welcomed by their colleagues with open arms but the situation remains desperate."Without fresh action to retain existing staff every plan to recruit new staff, treat people quickly and curtail the backlogs will fall flat.
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