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From December, 35 qualified Portuguese nurses will work at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals. They will be in the UK for up to a year.
About 60 more newly-qualified nurses have shown interest in working in the UK from January and 20 more have been short-listed.
The Portuguese staff have been recruited to prevent a repeat of a crisis when between January 2011 and December 2012 the Gloucestershire trust paid out nearly ?1.4million on hiring extra agency staff to cope with absence and an increased workload.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/439806/NHS-hires-more-foreign-nurses-to-beat-staffing-crisis
About 60 more newly-qualified nurses have shown interest in working in the UK from January and 20 more have been short-listed.
The Portuguese staff have been recruited to prevent a repeat of a crisis when between January 2011 and December 2012 the Gloucestershire trust paid out nearly ?1.4million on hiring extra agency staff to cope with absence and an increased workload.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/439806/NHS-hires-more-foreign-nurses-to-beat-staffing-crisis