§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in which overseas countries the NHS has advertised for staff to work in the UK in the last five years. [163103]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 22 March 2004]: The Department does not collect this information centrally. The national health service are responsible for their own advertising. The Department has however advertised on behalf of the NHS in the following countries:
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- Asia
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Denmark
- Germany
- Greece
- Finland
- France
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Singapore
- South America
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States of America
- West Indies
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget is for recruitment advertising in foreign newspapers for NHS staff; and how many NHS trusts are paying for recruitment advertisements in such newspapers. [163104]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 22 March 2004]: National health services trusts are responsible for their own recruitment both nationally and internationally and no data on the number of costs of their advertisements in the foreign media are held centrally.