Ghana has been added to 54 countries where health and social care employers should avoid actively recruiting.
The UK government announced this in its revised code of practice for international recruitment of health and social care personnel, published on the NHS Employers website.
According to the International Recruitment Code of Practice, some developing countries, such as Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Cote d’Ivoire, should not be targeted when actively recruiting health or social care professionals.
According to a press release on the NHS website, the countries listed have a UHC Service Coverage Index of less than 50 and a density of doctors, nurses and midwives that is lower than the global median (48.6 per 10,000 population).
The list, however, does not preclude individual health and social care personnel from applying to health and social care employers in the UK on their own initiative and without being targeted by a third party, such as a recruitment agency or employer (known as a direct application).
The countries placed on the red list of ‘No active recruitment’ under the code are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia.
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, the Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, the Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe round out the group.
Source: citinewsroom.com
