The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Friday through Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz that she received a report from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in London saying there is an increase in the demand for Filipino nurses in the United Kingdom.
DOLE noted that two UK-based foreign placement agencies acting on behalf of three National Health Service (NHS) Trusts submitted for verification of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) job orders for a total of 220 nurses in January 2015.
POLO Labor Attaché Joan Lavilla reported to the DOLE Secretary that the said nurses will be needed in the field of cardiology, critical care, cardiac surgery, cardio thoracic, coronary care and catheter lab, and theater practitioners, with annual salaries ranging from £21,478 to £27,901.
Search Recruitment Limited and Placement Group UK Limited is the UK-based foreign placement agency which plans to deploy 60 nurses to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS and another 60 nurses to James Paget University Hospital NHS.
DOLE noted further that the manpower requirements of these two hospitals are served by its partner in the Philippines, Greenfields International Manpower Services.