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Welcome

Recruit and Retain are working to promote front line health based career opportunities in Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Canada and Ireland & Northern Ireland.

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What are we doing?

We are identifying problems encountered in recruitment, retention, relocation and career development for rural health care workers.

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A unique place

The rural areas of Northern Europe can provide health care workers with opportunities to develop their careers in a unique cultural environment.

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Life enhancing

If you are a Psychiatrist or Optometrist, in Västerbotten or Akureyri, then you’ve probably encountered the positive aspects of life in a remote region, as well as the more challenging ones.

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Innovative solutions

We are developing ways to combat isolation, support your family, protect your professional aspirations, develop your career and help you make the transition from an urban to a rural setting.

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Safe and reliable

We’re doing this, so that inhabitants, of remote areas have confidence that their front line health care will be met, by well-trained professionals, capable of delivering a safe and modern service.

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Recruit and Retain is a Northern Periphery Programme evidence based development project.

We aim to develop co-ordinated packages which will support the:

  • Training of health care personnel
  • Skills development
  • Effects of isolation
  • Welfare of families

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Our latest news

Recruit and Retain abstract accepted to conference in Iceland
Icelandic team have abstract accepted for oral presentation ... More

 

Canadian team to present an abstract at the Northern Health Research Conference
The abstract explores why physicians leave remote and rural health work ... More

 

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Project partners

 

 

 

Agency for Health and Prevention
Greenland Greenland
Cooperation and Working Together
Ireland United Kingdom North & South Ireland
County Council of Västerbotten
Sweden Sweden

FSA Akureyri Hospital
Iceland Iceland
Helse Finnmark Health Trust
Norway Norway
NHS Western Isles
Scotland Scotland

Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Canada Canada
University of Aberdeen
Scotland Scotland

 
 
 

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