Brain drain: UK restricts recruitment of Nigerian doctors, others
Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe United Kingdom has introduced a new policy in a bid to restrict the recruitment of doctors from Nigeria and other de...
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Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe United Kingdom has introduced a new policy in a bid to restrict the recruitment of doctors from Nigeria and other de...
The recruitment of health and care workers from Nigeria and 46 other countries has been suspended by the United Kingdom government as confirmed in its updated Code of Practice (CoP). Africa Check had earlier reported that about 5, 250 Nigerian-trained doctors are on the UK books as at April 2018, a rise of 10 per cent on the previous year. The Sun reported that the announcement which is contained in the CoP and released by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, would help to meet UK’s target of delivering 50,000 more nurses by 2024. The UK said CoP provide safeguards aga...