Health workforce migration is increasing against a backdrop of a projected global shortfall of 10 million health and care workers needed to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage targets. Latest estimates are that 1 in 6 doctors in OECD countries are foreign born or trained. The impact of the COVID pandemic has accelerated this trend.
The fourth in the Working for Health 2030 webinar series co-hosted by WHO and NHS England, this seminar explored:
- How international health worker recruitment and migration can be managed ethically and sustainably; and
- How policymakers and leaders can leverage the benefits of international and internal workforce mobility and migration.
Chair Doctor Navina Evans, Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer at NHS England. With over twenty years’ experience in clinical psychiatry and management, Navina is the Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer at NHS England. Navina has responsibility for health workforce planning, recruitment, education, and training to ensure that the NHS in England has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours in place to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to patients and the public.
Panelists:
- Howard Catton, Chief Executive Officer of International Council of Nursing (ICN)
- Dr Agya Mahat, Technical officer, WHO
- Prof Ged Byrne, MBE, surgical oncologist and director of the Global Health Unit at NHS England
- Dr. Maggie Ravhengani, Senior manager, National Department of Health, South Africa
- Prof Padam Simkhada, Associate Dean International and Professor of Global Health, University of Huddersfield, UK
Additional information: NHS England