Nurses for the UK
4th May 2011

Drake International has been recruiting and successfully placing qualified Nurses from the Philippines with both NHS and private sector hospitals in the UK since 1997. During this time, we have worked with a number of changes to the recruitment and placement processes and there has been fluctuation in the numbers of nurses deployed each year.

We are currently working on managing the deployments of a number of nurses recruited during 2010 and early in 2011 and navigating our way through the latest processes for Sponsorship Certificates and Visa applications. We are assisting our clients in the UK with these processes and we hope to be deploying hired nurses over the coming months.

Due to the latest changes to the processes and in particular the new systems and limitations in place for UK employers to access Certificates of Sponsorship (for Tier 2 General), our intention is to focus on completing the deployments in process before managing further recruitment projects. We will contact the relevant nurses in our pool when we are planning interviews for new hires during 2011. It is most likely that we will initially have a requirement for nurses who are most needed in the UK and are on the current Shortage Occupation List  i.e. Theatre Nurses and NICU Nurses. We will update you with further developments and we look forward to continued success in attracting and deploying skilled & experienced healthcare professionals from the Philippines to the UK to meet the needs of our Hospitals.


Regards
Mairead


Mairead Murphy
Manager
Drake International Recruitment
20 Regent Street
London SW1Y 4PH
www.drakeintl.co.uk