Karnataka trains 1,000 nurses to be sent to UK

Bengaluru: The Karnataka skill development department is training 1,000 nurses in the first batch to be sent to the United Kingdom where Indian nurses are in great demand.

“Many hospitals in the UK have come forward to provide employment. We are training 1,000 nurses who are to be sent in the first phase,” Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayana, who is also the minister of skill development said.

The placement of nurses has created hope among job seekers amid Covid-19 pandemic, according to the government. The department is offering professional training skills to nurses including communication in English language.


The training is done as a part of an agreement between the Karnataka department of skill development and the UK’s National Health Services and Health Education England. “The UK has fixed an annual salary package of Rs 20 lakh,” the minister said.

The state has also established an International Immigration Center with the object to provide employment in foreign countries. The present batch of nurses is being sent to Britain through this center. This center will be in seamless contact with these nurses and will hear their grievances, the skill department said in a press release.