Lifting the visa cap for nurses and doctors is not all the NHS needs to relieve its staff shortages

Bridge, Olivia (2018) Lifting the visa cap for nurses and doctors is not all the NHS needs to relieve its staff shortages. British Politics and Policy at LSE (19 Jun 2018). Website.

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Abstract

With the NHS facing rapidly depleting staff numbers, can disaster be avoided? Olivia Bridge explains what is causing this problem and whether the government's actions so far - in particular the decision to exclude doctors and nurses from Tier 2 Visa caps - are enough to address it.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/nhs-staff...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JEL classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2018 12:49
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:53
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90766

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