Conference on finding health workers for rural areas 19/10/11
Difficulties in recruiting and retaining health care workers in remote rural areas was discussed at a seminar in Stornoway which involved delegates from Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as NHS Western Isles staff and representatives from other parts of Scotland.
The Recruit and Retain project, which is resourced through the European Regional Development Fund, sets out to find solutions to the persistent problem of difficulties in recruiting and retaining high quality health care workers for the remote rural areas of Northern Europe.
Spokesperson Deanne Gilbert said: “The project will produce a business plan to develop a system to deliver a service package for the recruitment and retention of health care workers in remote rural areas.
“It is expected that such a system would take on many different forms and may vary from one country to another.”