Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

HC Deb 02 May 2002 vol 384 cc999-1000W

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses have been recruited to Worthing and Southlands Hospitals Trust; and, of these, how many have been recruited from overseas and from which countries. [53321]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 29 April 2002]: Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust has advised that the figures for the last two years are as follows:

	Total nursing staff recruited	Overseas recruitment (percentage)
2000–01	1202	225
2001–02	3221	4,567 overseas nurses (30 per cent.)
1 Of which 72 were nurse assistants.
2 Philippines 12 per cent.
3 Of which 59 were nurse assistants
4 65—Philippines.
5 2—South Africa.

Source:

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust.