Better opportunities, ease of getting residency among reasons foreign nurses leave S'pore to work abroad
SINGAPORE — After giving birth in the Philippines, Ms Cristlynne Grace Abergos thought she would have to endure only a short time apart from her baby when she returned to Singapore to work. But the separation stretched on for two years due to the pandemic and the subsequent closing of borders.
- The attrition rate among foreign nurses in the public sector more than doubled year on year to 14.8 per cent in 2021
- Among local nurses working in the public sector, the attrition rate was 7.4 per cent in 2021, up from 5.4 per cent the previous year
- Foreign nurses said that better pay and the ease of obtaining residency in other countries were among the main reasons they moved abroad
- The exodus of foreign nurses has left local nurses here grappling with the worsening manpower crunch
10 Aug 2022 10:48PM
(Updated: 23 Feb 2024 02:35AM)
Source: TODAY
