Countries are making it easier for healthcare workers to get a fresh start - and local anxieties and warnings around the NHI are pushing them to make the jump.
South African healthcare workers are weighing their options amid anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the National Health Insurance Bill – with many considering moving to Canada, which has put healthcare at the top of its critical skills lists., Canadian immigration consultant Nicholas Avramis said there has been a notable surge in South African professionals applying to move abroad, especially healthcare workers like doctors and nurses.
To qualify as a Federal Skilled Worker, a candidate must have suitable education, work experience, age and English language proficiency. Qualified candidates are selected under the Express Entry Immigration system to apply for permanent residency. This change, in combination with healthcare professionals’ uncertainty and anxiety about the future of healthcare in South Africa, has resulted in many South Africans looking to migrate to Canada, he said.The NHI Bill was rubber-stamped through the portfolio committee on health in May and passed by an ANC majority in the National Assembly in June.
According to Webber Wentzel, two of the most significant pitfalls are how the scheme will be funded and the destruction of private healthcare that it will likely leave in its wake.
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