Healthcare/Medical

Recruitment industry voices say little detail on workforce from the Chancellor

Recruitment industry observers have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s failure to move the UK ahead in specific commitments to workforce issues.

Legislation/Regulation, Temporary workforce 12 June 2025

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Temporary workforce, Your business 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Your business, Your recruitment business 3 June 2025

Hays appoints new CEO UK and Ireland

Recruitment and workforce solutions specialist Hays has appointed Thomas Way (pictured) as CEO of Hays UK and Ireland.

Your recruitment business 2 June 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Technology, Your business 15 May 2025

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 May 2025

PM Starmer unveils White Paper to reform immigration system

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled the government’s Immigration white paper “to reduce migration” and strengthen the UK’s borders.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 12 May 2025

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

Medical recruiter and five recruits jailed for fake shifts scam in hospitals

A medical recruiter and five agency workers he recruited to defraud the NHS have been sentenced for conspiracy to defraud.

22 May 2018

Recruiter fined for stealing personal data from previous employer

A recruitment consultant has been fined for unlawfully taking personal data from his former employer when he left his job to set up his own agency.

Legislation/Regulation 22 May 2018

CONTRACTS: 21-25 MAY 2018

This week’s contracts & deals include: Cloetta, Healthier Recruitment, ICS, ProClinical, Workday

Supplier, Your recruitment business 21 May 2018

Recruiters call for action after 6,000 applications for skilled workers’ visas are refused

Recruiters are calling on the government to act after a Freedom of Information request indicated more than 6,000 skilled professionals from outside the EU were turned down for visas to take up jobs they had been offered in the UK.

Legislation/Regulation 18 May 2018

Recruiters call on long-term solution to NHS talent crisis

Recruiters have backed calls for the NHS to have a long-term solution to the talent crisis currently afflicting the service.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 16 May 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 8-11 MAY 2018

This week’s appointments include: Mercer, Pedersen & Partners, PK Education, The RSA Group

In-house recruitment, Diversity/Inclusion 8 May 2018

FINANCIALS: US Cross Country Healthcare reveals slight rise in revenue

US healthcare recruiter Cross Country Healthcare has seen a marginal increase in revenue year-on-year, according to results for the quarter to 31 March 2018.

Financials 3 May 2018

Healthcare recruiters add voices to concerns over immigration cap for doctors

Healthcare recruiters have called on government to reconsider the UK’s current immigration cap on skilled workers to help alleviate the current talent crisis within the NHS.

In-house recruitment, Legislation/Regulation 2 May 2018

FCSA predicts large number of legal challenges to IR35

More and more public sector contractors across the country could legally challenge whether they are caught by IR35 rules.

Supplier, Temporary workforce 1 May 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 30 APRIL–4 MAY

This week’s contracts & deals: 1Staff, APSCo, Eden Scott, Go2 Staffing Solutions, Go2 Perimeter Staffing, Meitu, Workday

Supplier, In-house recruitment 1 May 2018

CSG employees avoid EMI tax scheme uncertainty

The owners of global recruiter CSG (l-r: Wayne Underwood and Ben Riley) have told Recruiter they have no concerns over their decision to give all their employees shares in the company.

Your recruitment business 30 April 2018

Scotland Excel is on the hunt for procurement professionals

Scotland’s Centre of Procurement Expertise for Local Government Scotland Excel is on the hunt for procurement professionals for programmes in construction and social care, and other areas of its business.

In-house recruitment 30 April 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 30 APRIL–4 MAY 2018

This week’s appointments include: AESC, ARC, Armstrong Craven, Audeliss, Berry Recruitment Group, Carestaff Solutions, Cream Soda, Heidrick & Struggles, Miramar Global, MLA, Riviera Partners, Whitehall Resources, Zachary Daniels

Your recruitment business, Technology 30 April 2018

NEW TO THE MARKET: 30 APRIL–4 MAY 2018

This week’s launches include: EPM Scientific, Frank Recruitment Group, How to Bill Big, Invenias

Supplier, Your recruitment business 30 April 2018

Ceballos acquires Charterhouse Recruitment Services

Emma Ceballos has acquired Yorkshire-based Charterhouse Recruitment Services from owner Donna Green, with the aim of extending operations into additional UK regions.

Your recruitment business 25 April 2018

NHS misses the recruitment boat for Jamaican nurses

A recruitment drive to attract Jamaican nurses to the NHS, amid the controversy surrounding treatment of the Windrush Generation, has been labelled as “too little too late” by the CEO of a nursing recruiter.

Temporary workforce, In-house recruitment 24 April 2018
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