Is the US draining the UK of nurses?

Article Abstract:

The UK workforce shows an increase in it numbers of registered nursing staff. Statistics show that the numbers of nurses leaving for the UK for life in North America has doubled as compared to 2002 where verification checks of UK nurses requested by US employers has increased from 1,089 in 2001-2002 to 2,224 in 2002-2003.

United States, Employment, Administration of General Economic Programs, Personnel administration, Jobs & Employment, Nurses, Registered, Analysis, Compensation and benefits, Registered nurses

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Health secretary's life saved by nurses

Article Abstract:

Health secretary John Reid describes the way in which nurses saved his life when he was suffering from paratyphoid fever, a serious infection of the digestive tract. He values nurses highly and believes that they are crucial to the continuing modernisation of the NHS.

Management dynamics, Services information, Nurses, Care and treatment, Personal narratives, Services, Practice, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, Typhoid fever, Reid, John (British cabinet official), Paratyphoid fever

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