Ghana has been listed on a list of 54 nations that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care companies.
This statement was issued by the UK government in its new code of conduct for overseas recruitment of health and social care employees, which was published on the NHS Employers website.
According to the Code of Conduct for International Recruitment, several underdeveloped nations, such as Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Cote d’Ivoire, should not be targeted when actively recruiting health or social care workers.
In a press release on the NHS website, the nations included having a UHC Service Coverage Index of less than 50 and a density of physicians, nurses, and midwives that is lower than the worldwide median (48.6 per 10,000 population).
The list, however, does not exclude individual health and social care employees from applying to health and social care companies in the UK on their own initiative and without being targeted by a third party, such as a recruitment agency or employer (known as a direct application).
The countries placed on the red list of ‘No active recruitment’ under the code are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia.
The rest are Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
