More than 160 nurses are being recruited from overseas to supplement staffing levels at Liverpool’s hospitals.
Medical professionals from the United Arab Emirates and south India are to be drafted in to increase nursing capacity within Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust (LUHFT). David Melia, chief nurse, confirmed the recruitment drive as the board met at the new Royal Liverpool Hospital this morning.
A report to the LUHFT board on safe staffing said a turning point for staffing levels had been the opening of the new city centre hospital and transfer of clinical services to Aintree University Hospital.