Nurses: Migrant Workers

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the treatment by recruitment agencies of nurses working in social care who were recruited from India.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023

We continue to work closely with partners in the Home Office to share concerns and intelligence related to poor practice in the recruitment and employment of overseas workers in the care sector.

All employers of international health and care staff must follow the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel to make sure staff are recruited ethically and are treated with respect.

In addition, the Home Office’s sponsor licence system places clear and binding requirements and obligations on employers looking to recruit and manage overseas workers. The UK Visas and Immigration body has conducted visits and investigations in the sector, following which sponsors have had their licences suspended pending investigation and then revoked.

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