In a bid to expand our internationally-educating nursing workforce – and to support children’s nursing, last week we co-signed a contract with the government of Kerala, that will hopefully see new nurses from the region join us by the end of the year.

Associate Director of Nursing, Andrea Dauris, pictured fourth from right, said: “This new partnership means we now have an additional route to recruit from overseas, having already benefited from a wealth of knowledge and experience from our existing international colleagues.

“Recruiting nurses to support our children’s wards and departments is a brand-new venture for us. We’re sure that our new colleagues will complement our existing workforce brilliantly, adding even more diversity to CHFT which will help us better understand and respond to the needs of our local communities.”