Email us at recruiter.editorial@redactive.co.uk or tweet us below to tell us your thoughts. The number of applications from overseas nurses to work in the NHS has not increased , despite reports that fewer nurses from the UK were applying , according to recruitment agencies working in the UK . Representatives from agencies National Locums and HCL Healthcare Solutions have stated that nurses are coming from outside the EU in large numbers and that the lack of training places in the UK has led to the loss of so - called “ home - grown workers ” .
The number of applications from overseas nurses to work in the NHS has not increased , despite reports that fewer nurses from the UK were applying , according to recruitment agencies working in the UK . Representatives from agencies National Locums and HCL Healthcare Solutions have stated that nurses are coming from outside the EU in large numbers and that the lack of training places in the UK has led to the loss of so - called “ home - grown workers ” .