PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Professions: Migrant Workers (15 March 2023)

The Code of Practice for International Recruitment guarantees stringent ethical standards when recruiting health and social care staff from overseas. The code aligns with latest advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) and prohibits active international recruitment from ‘red-list’ countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards list, except where a Government-to-Government agreement is in place.

However, the Code is mindful of an individual’s right to migrate and individuals from countries on this list can make direct applications for vacancies in the United Kingdom health and social care sectors if they do so independently and of their own accord.