By Jerrie M. Abella
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has said job opportunities for Filipino nurses in Switzerland, Denmark and other European countries remain to be “minimal.”

For an increasing number of Filipino women, a term as au pair in a Danish host family has become the first step on the path to a longer stay in Denmark with a work and residency permit.

The possible deployment of Filipino health workers to Norway will increase the country’s intellectual capital and wealth, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said on Saturday.

By David J. Cord - www.helsinkitimes.fi
A Small gap in the healthcare labour market is being filled with the arrival this week of 25 nurses from the Philippines. Twenty will be working in Helsinki while five are on their way to Tampere. They will be employed in surgery and inpatient care.

By Rose Eclarinal
The United Kingdom nursing work force is ageing and British nurses are leaving the country to work in the United States and in recent years, in Australia.