Like Filipino nurses who leave the Philippines to find better job prospects elsewhere, UK's home grown nurses are also leaving the country to seek opportunities abroad. To replenish their workforce with only the best, some of UK's National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are going further afield. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust confirms its recruitment in the Philippines. “Here at Princess Alexandra, we want the best possible nursing staff that we can recruit. We can't recruit everything we need from the locality or indeed from the UK,” said the chairman of Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Gerald Coteman. “I'm quite excited about going to other parts of the world including the Philippines. Hopefully, lots of nurses will sign up and they will have a very warm welcome here when they arrive,” Coteman added. It is not the first time the hospital has recruited Filipino nurses and it is very pleased so far with the nurses that have joined its work pool, especially with the quality of patient care and work ethics Filipinos have brought with them. Executive Director of Nursing/Patient Care Yvonne Bluc-her said the compassion of Filipino nurses in dealing with patients also sets a good example for their colleagues and added that Pinoy nurses are “valuable assets.”
