Thousands of foreign nurses a year leave UK to work abroad

Exclusive: Surge in nurses originally from outside the EU moving overseas prompts concern Britain is a staging post' in their careers

Almost 9,000 foreign nurses a year are leaving the UK to work abroad, amid a sudden surge in nurses quitting the already understaffed NHS for better-paid jobs elsewhere.

The rise in nurses originally from outside the EU moving to take up new posts abroad has prompted concerns that Britain is increasingly becoming a staging post" in their careers.