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Without a safety net

The impact of no recourse to public funds on internationally educated nursing staff

Published: 26/08/2024
Last updated: 27/08/2024
Publication code: 011 752

The cost-of-living crisis has had devastating consequences for nursing staff up and down the country and is exacerbated by more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts to NHS wages. The NHS is a national service, but its staff could not be more international. Without direct action, we are risking a mass exodus of international nursing staff.

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