Author: Sarah Grant (Sarah Grant)

It was early evening on Wednesday 4th March when a man arrived at Northwick Park Hospital in west London. He was the very first patient in the UK to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19. From that moment on, everything changed. Here at My Healthcare Recruit we thought we’d take some time to reflect on...

Passing the OSCE test isn’t easy but it’s essential if you want a career in nursing. We discussed this with the OSCE training specialist Helen Romnes who runs My Nurses Life – a specialist OSCE training service for international nurses. What is the best tip you would give to nurses preparing for the OSCE? Start...

Back in October, the NMC made changes to their process and on the whole those changes were welcomed by the healthcare sector and indeed by ourselves here at My Healthcare Recruit. Those changes were designed to speed up the process, making it easier to recruit professional healthcare workers and they were generally well received by...

In recent months we’ve seen many wonderful random acts of kindness towards NHS staff whether that’s been priority access at shops, free coffee from Pret, free pizza from Franco Manca or just the wonderful weekly clapping and appreciation from the general public … it’s all proved to be welcome support. However, one of our favourite...

Without doubt, a lot of things will change as and when we come out of this difficult lockdown situation. The way we shop, the way we travel and even the way we interact with other people and no one can predict whether those changes will be for the better or for the worse. However, changes...

On his discharge from hospital, the Prime Minister made an effort to thank Jenny McGee and Luis Pitarma, two of the nurses that looked after him while he was in ICU at St Thomas’. What made this situation additionally interesting to us at My Healthcare Recruit was that neither nurse was born here in the...

We spoke to Hazel Santiago who is one of our candidates working as a frontline nurse at one of our Southern NHS Trusts. Hazel is originally from the Philippines and has been working here since last year. Here we get a sense of what has changed since the pandemic started:   How has work changed...

We asked Bee Rudki of Nathanson Partnership Immigration Services, specialising in Immigration law, about how Covid19 is impacting the visa application process currently and potential changes on the horizon. Who makes the decisions regarding the Visa process? Ultimately the decision lies with the Home Office, however, the Home Affairs Committee has published a call for...

If recent pandemic problems have taught us anything, it’s taught that if we want a fully functioning, well run NHS that can cope with whatever gets thrown at it, then we need good staff to work in it. To meet that demand we undoubtedly need to look abroad for international staff to work alongside our...

We appreciate with the global concerns around Covid-19 at the moment, you are probably incredibly busy trying to plan and redirect resource. Of course, the day-to-day clinical requirements are quite rightly the priority. However we wanted to let you know exactly what My Healthcare Recruit is doing to support our clients and other employers like...