Hull-based healthcare recruitment firm commits £100,000 to tackle global nursing shortage

Resource Finder recruits nurses from countries including the Philippines, India, Africa, UAE and Europe for roles within the NHS. For every nurse it recruits from these countries it will financially support another nurse to help them complete their final exams or re-join the healthcare profession and remain in their home country. The new Nursing to Nurture programme has been launched to candidates in the Philippines and is expected to support around 500 nurses every year.

Robert Fuller, founder and managing director of Resource Finder, said: “The Nursing to Nurture initiative is our commitment to support the demand for nurses across the world, not just those in the UK.

"In countries such as the Philippines and India, there’s a significant amount of ‘almost qualified’ nurses and nurses whose careers have lapsed due to financial constraints in relation to things such as board exams, employment examinations and ongoing CPD; consequently the number of nurses dropping out or not making it into the profession is significant

“With Nursing to Nurture, we are giving nurses we work with the opportunity to nominate a nurse in their home country who will benefit from financial support from Resource Finder to complete or maintain the necessary commitments to commence and prolong their nursing career specifically in their own country. There is no expectation on nurses we support to make any commitment to ever work in the UK. The sole purpose is to support nurses overseas to gain employment in their home country and contribute to the delivery of healthcare there.”

One of the first student nurses to benefit from the Nursing to Nurture initiative is Charles Pingol, 20, who is currently in his second year at Emilio Aguinaldo College-Cavite, Philippines and will graduate in 2026.

He said: “I am truly grateful to be chosen for this programme; it will motivate me even more to do well in my studies."