German employment agency brings care workers from India

In Germany, The Federal Employment Agency has signed a placement agreement for care workers from India. By recruiting specialist staff abroad, the authority is helping to find the nursing staff required for the German labor market, said the Federal Employment Agency (BA). The first recruits are therefore planned for 2022. After several months of preparation, the first nurses should come to Germany in 2023. According to the BA, this is the second mediation agreement with a non-EU country. The aim of the agreement is to attract nursing staff to German hospitals, clinics and care facilities. According to the BA, particular attention was paid during the negotiations to the fact that nurses are not recruited in countries where there is a shortage themselves. Accordingly, the number of nurses per inhabitant in the state of Kerala is above the Indian national average and the corresponding guideline value of the World Health Organization. Before the care workers travel to Germany, they should be prepared for work in Germany in their home country. According to the BA, they should receive linguistic and technical support offers before they leave the country. The number of people in need of care in Germany is increasing faster than previously assumed, according to a care report presented by Barmer health insurance on Wednesday. By the year 2030, with a total of around six million people in need of care, there will be more than one million more people than previously expected. At the same time, according to conservative estimates, there will be a shortage of more than 180,000 nurses.