The number of internationally trained nursing staff in the U.K. is increasing rapidly, according to figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). But it wasn’t always like this, and until quite recently, English language proficiency was one of the most significant barriers for nurses from abroad.
When Febin Cyriac arrived in the U.K. from his native Cochin in south India to begin his career as an immigrant nurse, he had no idea he would be involved in reducing the red tape surrounding the international recruitment of nurses to the U.K. or that he would set up his own recruitment consultancy Envertiz.
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