Coronavirus : overseas health and social care workforce.
by Macdonald, Melissa.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Library.
Series: Briefing paper ; CBP 8948 (16 December 2020).Publisher: House of Commons, London : 2020.Description: 43p.Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressures on the UK health and social care system. In response to the pandemic, the government introduced measures to maximise the available workforce, which included increasing the number of staff from overseas. The Home Office have announced the extension of visas for some overseas health and social care staff. There have been calls for this to apply more widely to all overseas social care and non-medical NHS staff in recognition of their contribution during the pandemic. The pandemic, alongside the introduction of the new points-based immigration system from 1 January 2021 are likely to impact on longer term plans to tackle workforce shortages in health and social care..Subject(s): overseas staff | Covid-19 | pandemics | workforce | recruitment | ethics | medical staff | nurses | health care | NHS | social careDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023] | NHS workforce in England [September 2023] | Covid-19 and the health & social care workforce [January 2021]
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The Covid-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressures on the UK health and social care system. In response to the pandemic, the government introduced measures to maximise the available workforce, which included increasing the number of staff from overseas. The Home Office have announced the extension of visas for some overseas health and social care staff. There have been calls for this to apply more widely to all overseas social care and non-medical NHS staff in recognition of their contribution during the pandemic. The pandemic, alongside the introduction of the new points-based immigration system from 1 January 2021 are likely to impact on longer term plans to tackle workforce shortages in health and social care.
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