The
Government is asking NHS trusts and agencies to stop recruiting nurses from
Ghana.
In
a bulletin to health professionals, England’s chief nursing officer Sarah
Mullally said: "If your organisation was considering actively recruiting
from Ghana using an agent, then please reconsider."
Her
appeal follows the introduction of a general code of practice on ethical
recruitment introduced by the Government earlier this year.
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The
Department of Health said that it only recruits from countries which approve of
the UK targeting their nurses.
