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Readers’ panel: Should the UK stop recruiting nurses from developing countries?

Posted 08 November 2017 - 06:00

Interim chief executive of the International Council of Nurses Thomas Kearns has urged Western nations not to ‘destroy’ the health systems of developing countries by draining them of nurses to fill their own staffing gaps, and focus on homegrown staff instead. Nursing Standard readers have their say.

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