International recruitment of nurses to the UK: The history of the present

TY - CHAP

T1 - International recruitment of nurses to the UK

T2 - The history of the present

AU - Rafferty, Anne Marie

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - This chapter provides an introduction to the historical background of the current debate on international recruitment of nurses in the UK. It focuses on the activities of the Colonial Nursing Association (CNA) as the main recruitment vehicle for British nurses to the colonies. Like many philanthropic organizations the CNA relied upon the patronage of social elites. The significance of the Association lay in its being the first recruitment route for single women by the Colonial Office (CO). Data are sparse, but census sources demonstrate that there is very little evidence of recruitment from the colonies prior to the period after the Second World War. In 1957 the Ministry of Labour handed its recruitment and ‘placing’ functions in nursing over to the Ministry of Health which then became responsible for statistics on the nursing services, recruitment campaigns, and matters related to publicity.

AB - This chapter provides an introduction to the historical background of the current debate on international recruitment of nurses in the UK. It focuses on the activities of the Colonial Nursing Association (CNA) as the main recruitment vehicle for British nurses to the colonies. Like many philanthropic organizations the CNA relied upon the patronage of social elites. The significance of the Association lay in its being the first recruitment route for single women by the Colonial Office (CO). Data are sparse, but census sources demonstrate that there is very little evidence of recruitment from the colonies prior to the period after the Second World War. In 1957 the Ministry of Labour handed its recruitment and ‘placing’ functions in nursing over to the Ministry of Health which then became responsible for statistics on the nursing services, recruitment campaigns, and matters related to publicity.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086202596&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9781315237626-16

DO - 10.4324/9781315237626-16

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85086202596

SN - 9780754639336

SP - 303

EP - 314

BT - The Practice of Reform in Health, Medicine, and Science, 1500–2000

PB - Taylor and Francis Ltd.

ER -