1. Was there a requirement of overseas trained nurses within the trust in last 3 years? If yes could I kindly request when and where was this requirement advertised? Is this recruitment still ongoing. In the last 3 years we have only conducted overseas recruitment campaigns/programmes with Health Education England (HEE)
2. Was a recruitment agency used to help the trust fill these requirements? if Yes kindly name those recruitment agencies with their contact details. The Health Education England programme we are involved with is the Global Learners Programme – Contact details:- Global Engagement, Health Education England, 3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN
3 How were these recruitment agencies selected? Is there a Procurement process the trust would normally use for such vacancies? Recruitment Agencies were not used as mentioned above. Health Education England is an NHS Body.
4. Which were the agencies selected onto your framework to provide the recruitment services for this particular requirement. No recruitment agency used.
5. Were there any other recruitment agencies used outside the framework to fill those vacancy? No recruitment agency used.
6. If the Procurement process is used, where are such tenders published inviting bids from the bidders? N/A
7. Kindly specify when is the next lot of tenders invited for such a requirement and where would they be published for bidders to bid? There are no current plans to invite tenders for the overseas recruitment of international nurses, we will continue to work with HEE and the Global Learners Programme.