HLG Blog: Legislation in 2008?
Read about HLG’s ongoing effort to work on Congress to have a Schedule A visa bill passed that ends retrogression. This month’s Blog entries include: how HLG is working to end the Schedule A retrogression, information about our Coalition strategy, how you can help, and many other entries. Are you checking it regularly?
http://hammondlawgroup.blogspot.com/

Symposium on the International Recruitment of Healthcare Workers
Hammond Law Group is pleased to announce a Symposium on International Recruitment of Healthcare Workers on Friday, May 2, 2008 in New York, New York. The Symposium is free to all clients and friends of the firm. Please register early.
http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/hc-symposium-2008-initial.htm

The Coalition to Improve Healthcare Staffing (CTIHS) seeks more members
CTIHS is looking to add additional members to its ranks. The goal of the CTIHS is to increase visa options for Healthcare workers. Toward that end they are seeking to raise considerable funds and add new members to help broadcast the message to Congressmen, Senators, and the general public.
http://hammondlawgroup.blogspot.com/2007/12/ctihs-funding-drive-2008.html

http://www.ctihs.org

AACN Fact Sheet
The AACN has just produced a fact sheet aimed at keeping stakeholders abreast of current statistics related to the nursing shortage. AACN, citing a recent issue of Health Affairs, still projects that the nurse shortage will triple in the next decade. This is down from early projections that the shortage would increase eight-fold, but still shows that there is no end in sight.
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/pdf/NrsgShortageOct07.pdf

AONE Seeks to Promote Migration of Nurses to US
AONE’s recently released 2008 Public Agenda calls for it to “Continue to support efforts to ensure that foreign-trained nurses who have distinguished merit and ability are able to choose employment in the American healthcare system.” Support legislative initiatives that promote the migration of international nurses to the United States.
http://www.aone.org/aone/advocacy/advagenda.html

Philippine DOJ Dismisses Sentosa Care case
The State prosecutor said that they found no substantive claim to continue pursuing the matter. The nurses had charged SentosaCare with publishing false notices in relation to the recruitment or employment of nurses in the United States. They also accused Sentosa of substituting or altering employment contracts.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20080225-121161/DoJ-dismisses-nurses-complaint-vs-Sentosa

Canada to Increase Capacity at Consulate in Manila
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced more immigration officers will be sent to the visa office in Manila, Philippines, to speed up the processing of applications. In 2006, Canada welcomed 8,529 temporary foreign workers from the Philippines. This number is expected to continue to grow in response to increasing demands from Canadian employers for temporary workers.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2008/2008-02-07a.asp

Jacksonville Sees a Nurse Instructor Shortage
“Higher education nursing programs are challenged to find people to train the next generation of nurses, mainly because of the salary disparity between those who teach and those who practice. That generation of nurses needs to be even larger as Northeast Florida, like most of the nation, faces a nursing shortage.”
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/02/11/focus1.html?ana=from_rss

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