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SECTION D – ACTIONS TO RESOLVE SUPPLYCHALLENGESHeadlines——Figure 1.7 shows a breakdown of the most common local action taken by thesurveyed organisations to resolve their supply shortages.Results indicate:——Local action to manage supply shortages has focused on skill mix reviews/service reconfigurations, local recruitment campaigns, and use of agency/temporary staff——Other reported strategies in place to ensure nursing workforce supplymeets current and predicted future demand on services include; increasedemphasis on workforce planning, active recruitment outside of theUK, planned overtime, return to practice schemes, expanding practiceplacement capacity, recruitment & retention premia, the Overseas NursingProgramme, social media and up-skilling the support workforce——49 surveyed organisations (45 per cent) have actively recruited from outsideof the UK during the last 12 months to fill qualified nursing vacancies(Figure 1.8). A breakdown of overseas recruitment activity by region is providedin Figure 1.9——96 per cent of reported activity has been in EEA countries (Figure 2.0)——Trend for filling Band 5 experienced general nursing positions from EEAcountries. Spain, Ireland and Portugal are the most commonly targetedcountries. A breakdown of the countries targeted for recruitment campaignsis provided in Figure 2.1——Outside of the EEA, the Philippines has been targeted by two surveyedorganisations, both of which were looking to fill gaps for theatre nurses——Data collected to indicate the volume of nurses recruited from outside ofthe UK suggests that on average those organisations that have reportedundertaking overseas recruitment campaigns have employed 50 FTE qualifiednurses through these campaigns in the last 12 months (*care must be takenwhen interpreting trends because this data was not provided by all surveyedorganisations)——56 surveyed organisations (51 per cent) are considering actively recruitingqualified nursing staff from outside of the UK in the coming 12 months(Figure 2.2)— — A breakdown of the countries being considered for future targeted overseascampaigns is provided in Figure 2.3 – Spain, Ireland and Portugal look tocontinue being the primary destinations.18 May 2014NHS Qualified Nurse Supply and Demand Survey – findings