Nurses' groups condemn overseas recruitment

A WORLDWIDE nursing federation has backed criticism of Government-sponsored overseas' recruitment campaigns which poach staff from developing countries.

The Geneva-based International Council of Nurses (ICN) warns governments against shoring up their own crisis-ridden health services with imported workers.

"Aggressively recruiting nurses or students into a dysfunctional health/nursing system is neither cost-effective nor ethical," a position statement from the ICN reads.