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Overseas nurse recruitment: Ireland as an illustration of the dynamic nature of nurse migration

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  • Humphries, Niamh
  • Brugha, Ruairí­
  • McGee, Hannah

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This paper presents an analysis of Ireland's recent experience of overseas nurse recruitment. Ireland began actively recruiting nurses from overseas in 2000 and has recruited almost 10,000 nurses, primarily from India and the Philippines since that time. This paper takes a timely look at the Irish experience to date. It reviews the literature on the supply and demand factors that determine the need for, and the international migration of, nurses and presents working visa and nurse registration statistics. This enables the authors to quantify and discuss the trends and scale of recent nurse migration to Ireland from outside the European Union (EU). The paper discusses the data essential for national workforce planning and highlights the deficiencies in the Irish data currently available for that purpose. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of Ireland's heavy reliance on overseas nurse recruitment.

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  • Humphries, Niamh & Brugha, Ruairí­ & McGee, Hannah, 2008. "Overseas nurse recruitment: Ireland as an illustration of the dynamic nature of nurse migration," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(2), pages 264-272, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:87:y:2008:i:2:p:264-272
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    1. Humphries, Niamh & Brugha, Ruairi & McGee, Hannah, 2012. "Nurse migration and health workforce planning: Ireland as illustrative of international challenges," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(1), pages 44-53.
    2. Alessandra Faggian & Jonathan Corcoran & Francisco Rowe, 2016. "Evaluating the effects of Australian policy changes on human capital: the role of a graduate visa scheme," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 34(1), pages 151-170, February.
    3. Mariana Balan & Brindusa Mihaela Radu, 2019. "New Trends Of Health Worker Migration. Case Of Romania," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 3, pages 5-14, June.
    4. Bidwell, Posy & Humphries, Niamh & Dicker, Patrick & Thomas, Steve & Normand, Charles & Brugha, Ruairí, 2013. "The national and international implications of a decade of doctor migration in the Irish context," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(1), pages 29-38.

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