Australia recruiting in the UK for nurses, etc

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Not sure it's been discussed on here yet:

metro.co.uk/2023/02/16/london-australia-to-tempt-nurses-and-teachers-to-move-down-under-18293594/

Anyone tempted? I would be if I was a UK nurse, teacher etc

Or instead, they just pay a decent competitive wage?!

Most go into the profession because it is genuinely what they want to do. The majority also do not study to go into these professions with the sole intention of moving abroad. Unfortunately poor pay and working conditions in UK drives them out or abroad because it just isn't worth it.

A decent wage attracts the capable to the profession and will retain staff. In turn this will result in less burnout and ultimately better service provision

The incentive applies to nurses who may be tempted to go straight to the UK private sector, and to any HCP who would be tempted to move abroad for a few years but not necessarily for the rest of their lives.

I don't see why so many people are baffled by this proposal - it may not be right, effective, or fair, but it's perfectly manageable. Loads of women have a "pay your extra maternity pay back if you don't return to work" deal for example. No the government can't force you to work for them, but they can certainly bill you for extra tuition fees retrospectively if you do "the wrong thing", or write off your student debt if you do what they want.

What would you do about say a nurse/AHP who had been paying off their loan for the last few years and working in the NHS ?

Unless you addressed HCPs who have been doing this, you just create a 2 tier system for most staff who trained without a bursary and taking out loans.

I have been told, on good authority, that the Philippines deliberately train a surplus number of nurses to work abroad. Apparently, it benefits the country financially because of all the money sent back home.

Posters saying you should have to commit to so many years service in the NHS. Many students only receive 5k as a grant and you have to work at least 2300 unpaid in placements where mostly you are treated as an extra pair of hands and not actively learning much for a lot of it , you are literally used as a HCA for the first 2 years. They have to take a loan for the tuition fees student nurses have already supported the NHS before qualifying..

Also, not everyone has a student loan.
I trained as an ODP, and did not have a student loan.