Event Description

A National Centre for Health Workforce Studies (NCHWS) Seminar by Professor James Buchan from the Health Foundation.

Abstract

This seminar will delve into the critical issue of international nurse flows to/ from the United Kingdom, with an additional focus on Australia and New Zealand. Professor Jim Buchan will explore the context (including the impact of COVID-19) and the methodologies employed in this assessment, present some key analysis findings, and discuss the policy implications that arise from these trends. Join Professor Buchan as he dissects this vital topic at the intersection of healthcare, migration, and policy.

Speaker Biography

Professor James Buchan is a Senior Fellow at the Health Foundation in London UK, an adjunct professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Trustee of the Florence Nightingale Foundation.

Professor Buchan has thirty years’ experience of policy research on health sector human resources, specializing in the nursing workforce and in international and national level strategy, policy and planning; pay, incentives and reward strategy; and labour market analysis. Professor Buchan’s most recent publication is Recover to Rebuild: Investing in the Nursing Workforce for Health System Effectiveness.

This report, published in March 2023, explores the pressing issue of the nursing workforce amidst the ongoing global pandemic. It was commissioned by the International Council of Nurse to provide an assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the nursing workforce and how shifts in nurse supply and mobility patterns challenge the global nursing workforce's sustainability. The document also outlines an urgent action agenda and a global workforce plan, aiming to support nurse workforce sustainability and enhance health system responsiveness and resilience in the face of COVID-19.