醫(yī)學英語雙語閱讀：外籍護士離去 英醫(yī)院陷人員危機

　　Hospitals in London could face a future staffing crisis as overseas nurses consider heading to work elsewhere, a study has revealed.

　　Research by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the King's Fund think-tank showed that four out of 10 overseas nurses in the capital admitted that they were thinking about leaving the NHS to take up jobs in other countries.

　　The study also found that two-thirds of Filipino nurses working in London - one of the largest overseas nursing staff groups - were considering quitting the UK to work in the US.

　　Report author Prof James Buchan said: "The NHS and independent health care sectors rely heavily on overseas nurses to deliver health care - without them, parts of the health service would collapse.

　　"They perform a crucial and valuable role but our survey shows the NHS is playing a high risk game by relying on these overseas staff to commit long term to the NHS.

　　"Many of these nurses are considering leaving the NHS and that would pose real problems.

　　"It's clear the NHS needs to up its efforts to grow its own workforce to ensure we have the right number of nurses for the future."

　　The study involved almost 400 nurses from more than 30 different countries who were also asked about why they chose to work in the UK and how long they intended to stay.

　　While the UK has banned active recruitment from many developing countries to the NHS, the research found there was still evidence of "back-door recruitment".

　　Many nurses said they had initially worked for private sector employers in the UK before moving to the NHS soon after completing an adaptation course.

　　最近的一項研究顯示，由于外籍護士紛紛打算去其他國家另謀高就，倫敦的很多醫(yī)院都將面臨人手緊缺的窘境。

　　據(jù)英國《每日郵報》網(wǎng)站5月18日報道，由英國皇家護理學院(RCN)和國王基金會共同完成的這項研究顯示，在倫敦各醫(yī)院里的外籍護士中，有40%的人承認他們有過脫離英國國民衛(wèi)生服務體系(NHS)轉(zhuǎn)而去其他國家開始新的職業(yè)生涯的想法。

　　該研究報告的作者詹姆斯·巴肯教授表示：“英國國民衛(wèi)生服務體系和那些獨立的衛(wèi)生保健部門均高度依賴于這些外籍護士所提供的相關(guān)服務，沒有了他們，部分公共醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務體系將會瀕于崩潰。”

　　巴肯說：“這些人在實際工作中扮演著至關(guān)重要且卓有成效的角色，但我們的研究顯示，NHS指望這些人長期為其提供服務的做法不啻于在玩一種具有高度危險性的游戲。”“這些護士中的大部分人正在考慮脫離NHS，而此舉勢必會帶來許多現(xiàn)實問題。”

　　他還說：“很顯然，NHS需要作出更大努力來培育真正屬于自己的人力資源，這樣我們才能夠保證在將來依然可以擁有正常數(shù)量的護士。”

　　此項研究涉及來自30多個不同國家的近400名護士，這些人還被問及為何選擇來英工作以及打算在英停留的時間。研究稱，英國最大的外籍護士群體之一、在倫敦工作的菲律賓護士中，有三分之二的人打算放棄現(xiàn)有工作，前往美國闖蕩一番。

　　研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，盡管英國政府明令禁止從發(fā)展中國家大規(guī)模引進NHS的服務人員，但有證據(jù)表明那種“偷偷摸摸的招聘”依然屢見不鮮。

　　很多外籍護士表示，他們初到英國時一般先去私營部門工作，在完成相關(guān)培訓課程后不久便跳槽到NHS尋求新的崗位。