Migrant Workers: Nurses
(asked on 9th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include nursing on the Shortage Occupation List.
This question was answered on 21st September 2015
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the Government on changes to the Shortage Occupation List.
The MAC considered nurses in its February 2015 report, which can be read at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/partial-review-of-the-shortage-occupation-lists
The evidence provided to the MAC by Government and other organisations is set out in its report.
The MAC recommended, based on the evidence it received, that nurses should not be added to the list.