UK needs at least 50k nurses until 2024: Labour Department
Wednesday, July 14th 2021
The United Kingdom (UK) needs at least 50,000 nurses until 2024 as it opens its labour market for more job opportunities for Filipino professionals, according to the Department of Labour and Employment (DoLE).
The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has exempted the UK from the existing 6,500 yearly deployment cap for nurses. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia
In a report to Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd, London Labour Attache Amuerfina Reyes said that apart from higher demand in health care services, the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) also observed a growing market for workers in the financial sector, specifically for positions such as accountants, comptrollers, auditors, and also some jobs in the agriculture sector, as seasonal workers.