Professor James Buchan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Senior visiting fellow at the Health Foundation
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Oct 2026
“There are marked variations in the levels of internationally trained nurses and midwives across the four countries”
What Professor James Buchan has said
“The UK is at a much higher level of reliance on international nurses than is any other reported OECD country”
Senior visiting fellow at the Health Foundation · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 4 Oct 2026 · ‘Trying to grow the UK nursing workforce: running hard, standing still?’ ↗
“said there was a "reputational risk" to the NHS if prospective students no longer saw healthcare careers as a reliable route into employment.”
specialist in health workforce policy · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 30 Sept 2026 · NHS Wales student nurse worried she won't get a job after graduating ↗
“It reflects a 'gold standard' approach to workforce strategy development, including workforce data analysis, an extensive commissioned international evidence review, consultation with stakeholders, road shows and further consultation.”
Adjunct Professor of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre at University of Technology Sydney and senior visiting fellow at the Health Foundation · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 30 Sept 2026 · Australia publishes first nursing workforce strategy ↗
“Delivering a sustainable nursing workforce will require significant expansion of domestic nurse education, stronger retention measures and a more robust, long-term approach to workforce planning.”
International workforce expert · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 29 Sept 2026 · NHS nurse shortage far worse than official figures suggest, warns RCN ↗
“nursing continues to be hit hardest when budgets are tight. He said that delivering a sustainable workforce will require a substantial increase in domestic nurse training, stronger retention, and a more consistent national workforce planning system.”
internationally renowned health care workforce expert · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 29 Sept 2026 · Nurse shortage far worse than first thought, RCN analysis shows ↗
Where Professor James Buchan has been quoted
- ‘There are key differences in the profile of registrants in the four UK countries’nursingtimes.net · 4 Oct 2026
- ‘Trying to grow the UK nursing workforce: running hard, standing still?’nursingtimes.net · 4 Oct 2026
- NHS Wales student nurse worried she won't get a job after graduatingbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Australia publishes first nursing workforce strategynursingtimes.net · 30 Sept 2026
- NHS nurse shortage far worse than official figures suggest, warns RCNnationalhealthexecutive.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Nurse shortage far worse than first thought, RCN analysis showsrcn.org.uk · 29 Sept 2026
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