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Matt Edwards assesses that the mobility of health personnel is likely to be a dynamic situation, with particular factors affecting the HWF overall and potentially specific workforces.
The UK was the first developed country to implement and systematically review policies that explicitly prevent the targeting of developing countries for international recruitment.
Current immigration rules allow an employer to recruit skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) only after an employer has demonstrated there is no suitable candidate available from the UK or EEA. The Department of Health works with the Department for International Development (DFID) to produce an agreed list of developing countries that should not be targeted for recruitment. This is based upon the economic status of the countries and how many healthcare professionals are available.
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