Links

Useful Links

www.nursingcourses.co.uk Comprehensive guide to Nursing Courses in the UK

www.nursingnetuk.com Database of Nursing Vacancies in the UK

www.nursingabroad.net Opportunites for UK nurses wanting paid or voluntary work overseas.

www.nmc-uk.org The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - provides information on registration as a nurse in the UK.

www.rcn.org.uk/services/internat/info.htm The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) site provides general information on procedures to follow in order to become registered as a nurse in the UK.

www.snm.shef.ac.uk/internat/internat.htm The University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery supports international students in a wide variety of academic programmes.

www.nursingandmidwifery.soton.ac.uk/ins.htm The University of Southampton School of Nursing & Midwifery offer the following to international students:

· Pre registration Adult Nursing (Honours Degree – 3 year)
· Pre registration Adult Nursing (Graduate entry – 2 year)
· Extensive post qualifying, post graduate and doctoral level programmes

www.healthprofessionals.com Health Professionals Worldwide is a recruitment company based in Central London. They will assist overseas nurses in all aspects of moving to the UK for work, including UKCC registration, organising work permits and finding accommodation on arrival.

www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/hpg.htm Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate - information on entry visas and work permits

www.fco.gov.uk The Foreign and Commonwealth Office site provides details on visa requirements for visitors wishing to enter the UK.

www.iasuk.org The Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) is an independent charity which gives free and confidential advice and assistance to those who are applying for entry clearance to the UK.

www.hmce.gov.uk This site from the Customs and Excise provides advice on importing personal effects and goods into the UK.

www.ielts.org This is the International English Language Testing System website. Provides useful information about the IELTS test, centres which run the test etc.

NGOs

Action Against Hunger
Action Health
Africa Inland Mission
American Refugee Committee
Australian Volunteers International
Christian Outreach Relief and Development
Christians Abroad
Church Missionary Society
Concern Universal
Concern Worldwide
Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
HealthNet International
Health Unlimited
International Medical Corps
International Rescue Committee
Jacob's Well Appeal
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Merlin
Mid-Africa Ministry
Skillshare Africa
TearFund
The Leprosy Mission
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Volunteer Missionary Movement
Voluntary Service Overseas
Youth Challenge International
Youth With A Mission

Expeditions / Holidays

Camp America
Coral Cay Conservation
Frontier Expeditions
Raleigh International
Sail Training Association
Trekforce Expeditions

NHS Trust Profile Pages

Eastern Region

Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Essex and Herts Community NHS Trust
Essex Rivers Health Care NHS Trust
Fenland Primary Care Trust
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
Horizon NHS Trust
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
James Paget Health Care NHS Trust
King's Lynn and Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust
Lifespan Health Care NHS Trust
Local Health Partnerships NHS Trust
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Mid Essex Community and Mental Health NHS Trust
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
New Possibilities NHS Trust
Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust
Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust
North East Essex Mental Health NHS Trust
North Peterborough Primary Care Trust
North West Anglia Health Care NHS Trust
Norwich Community Health Partnership NHS Trust
Papworth Hospitals NHS Trust
Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
South Peterborough Primary Care Trust
Southend Primary Care Trust
Southend Hospitals NHS Trust
Tendring Primary Care Trust
Thameside Community Health Care NHS Trust
West Hertfordshire Community Health NHS Trust
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

London Region

North West Region

Northern and Yorkshire

South East Region

Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust
Aylesbury Vale Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust
Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust
Central Southampton Primary Care Group
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
East Berkshire Community Health NHS Trust
East Berkshire NHS Trust for People with Learning Disabilities
East Kent Community NHS Trust
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Eastbourne and County Healthcare NHS Trust
Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust
Epping Forest Primary Care Trust
Frimley Park Hospitals NHS Trust
Hastings and Rother NHS Trust
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust
Invicta Community Care NHS Trust
Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust
Medway NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Mid Sussex NHS Trust
Milton Keynes Community NHS Trust
Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust
Milton Keynes General NHS Trust
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
North Hampshire Loddon Community NHS Trust
Northampton Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
Oxfordshire Community Health NHS Trust
Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust
Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust
Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust
Rockingham Forest NHS Trust
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust
Royal West Sussex Trust
South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust
South Downs Health NHS Trust
South Essex Mental Health Community Care Trust
Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Surrey Hampshire Borders NHS Trust
Surrey Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust
Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust
Thames Gateway NHS Trust
West Berkshire Priority Care Service NHS Trust
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust

South West Region

Trent Region

West Midlands Region

NHS Trust Websites

Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust

Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust - provides acute medical and surgical services, including accident and emergency, to south west Essex.

Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust provides specialist mental health services to the population of mid and south Buckinghamshire.

Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust

Northgate and Prudhoe is a specialist provider of health and social care services to people with learning disabilities.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is a major local employer and provides acute and community healthcare services to the local population.