The recruitment embargo introduced by the HSE in 2009 meant there were absolutely no staff jobs in the health service for the 1,500 nurses and 727 doctors graduating each year. This coincided with aggressive overseas recruitment campaigns by health services in Australia and the UK, which were experiencing acute shortages of healthcare staff. About a quarter of the stands at the popular Working Abroad fairs across the country in the past few years were taken by overseas healthcare employers. Check-up: Former minister for health James Reilly Government implements 16 of 58 health commitments Health report: the Government’s scorecard Australia has predicted a shortage of 110,000 nurses and...
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