How Switzerland Recruits Nursing Staff Abroad


(MENAFN- Swissinfo) For years the proportion of nursing staff in Swiss hospitals has been between 30-40%. Keystone / Gaetan Bally

Swiss hospitals are increasingly forced to recruit nursing staff abroad. It is widely considered a problematic situation but there are no signs the shortage of skilled workers in the health sector will abate.

This content was published on February 22, 2023 - 09:00 February 22, 2023 - 09:00

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Switzerland has one of the highest densities of nursing staff in the world. In 2019, it had an averageexternal link of 18 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants. That's about twice the average of fellow wealthy nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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The country also has a high proportion of foreign nursing staff. For years, this has ranged between 30% and 40%. Many cross-border commuters work in hospitals near the border, for example in Basel and Geneva. But in other parts of the country, too, there are more and more staff who have completed their training abroad.

This will not change soon. The shortage of skilled workers is growing in Switzerland, as it is in other European countries. The situation became particularly pandemic after the pandemic. Competition for staff has intensified.

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