Nigeria has been added to the UK’s “red list” of nations that businesses in the health and social care sector should avoid actively recruiting from, Entrepreneurng Report.
One month prior, the World Health Organization classified Nigeria among the 55 nations with the most urgent workforce issues connected to universal health coverage.
Nigeria and other nations on the red list should not be actively sought out for employment by health and social care businesses, according to the United Kingdom Government, unless there is a government-to-government agreement.
The UK government’s website, “Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel in England,” provided the information that indicated country identification is done by the methodology outlined in the 10-year review of the applicability and efficacy of the WHO global code of practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.
“By the principles and articles of the WHO Global Code of Practice and as expressly requested by the WHO Global Code of Practice 10-year review, the development of health personnel and support for health systems should be prioritized for the listed countries, who should also be given protections that prevent active international recruitment of health professionals.”
Countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards list are graded red in the code. If a government-to-government agreement is in place to allow managed recruitment carried out strictly by the terms of that agreement, countries on the list should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers, recruitment organizations, agencies, collaborations, or contracting bodies.
It stated that a country is green if it is not on the red or amber list. Kenya and Nepal are amber-colored nations, where hiring foreign workers is only permitted if it complies with the criteria of the G2G agreement.
A government-to-government agreement for the recruitment of foreign health and care workforces between the UK and green-rated nations was also included in the statement.
“The code of practice for England does not list green-rated nations without a government-to-government agreement with the UK.”
“The government-to-government agreement may establish guidelines for how UK employers, contractual bodies, recruiting organizations, agencies, and collaborations recruit, which would then be carried out by the nation of origin. These organizations are urged to hire by the conditions of the G2G agreement.”
As new intergovernmental agreements with the UK are signed, the green countries list will be updated. It is advised that before beginning any recruitment effort, employers, contractual bodies, recruitment organizations, agencies, and collaborations frequently review the list for revisions.
In conclusion, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka are among the nations with a government-to-government agreement for handling the recruitment of international health and care workforces.
Source: punch
