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Thousands of Foreign nurses denied Tier 2 Visas say UK hospitals

14:33 29/01/2016
According to hospitals across the East of England, hundreds of foreign nurses are being denied Tier 2 Visas to work in hospitals because of Home Office rules concerning Tier 2 immigration. A response...

Tier 2 visa problems making NHS staffing crisis worse

11:59 17/09/2015
Newcastle upon Tyne's NHS Trust faces a staffing crisis as UK Immigration is preventing them from employing more nurses from the Philippines. The Home Office have refused to issue enough certificates...

Tier 2 Immigrant nurses face jobs freeze in UK's National Health Service

9:20 22/03/2013
The UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced a freeze on the registration of nurses from outside Europe after an internal audit found that its systems for verifying qualifications of...

UK government to take nurses off skills shortage occupations list

11:13 03/07/2006
• Watch This Video The home office announced today that general nurses are no longer a required skill, and that the designation will be removed from the official skills shortages listing . This...