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Table 2 Work details of respondents

From: "There's no place like home" A pilot study of perspectives of international health and social care professionals working in the UK

  

N

%

Number of locations worked

Mean 3 (1–15), Median 2

  
 

One location

14

 
 

Two locations

6

 
 

Three locations

5

 
 

> Three locations

9

 

Main location in UK

London

9

26

 

Essex

6

17

 

Sheffield

3

8

 

Oxford

3

8

 

Other (Edinburgh, Worcester, Cambridge, Nottingham, Clacton-on-sea, Cardiff, Gosport, Loughton, Halifax, West Grinstead, Rotherham, Falkirk)

  

Visa difficulties

Yes

6

18

 

No

28

82

Visa Type *

Working Holiday

13

 
 

Work Permit / sponsorship

11

 
 

Ancestry

6

 
 

British Passport

4

 
 

Highly skilled migrant programme

1

 
 

Other

2

 

Means of securing job in UK +

Agency in home country

10

 
 

Locum Agency

6

 
 

Agency in the UK

15

 
 

Advertisement in the home country

4

 
 

Advertisement in the UK

6

 
 

Word of mouth

7

 
 

Other

1

 

Why work in the UK $

Travel

29

 
 

Money

23

 
 

Career

16

 
 

Partner

3

 
 

Other

4

 

Areas worked in UK $

Locum

21

 
 

NHS

15

 
 

Social Services

10

 
 

Private practice

7

 
 

Research

5

 
 

Self Employed

4

 
 

Teaching

2

 

Current area of work in UK $

Locum

7

 
 

NHS

8

 
 

Social Services

9

 
 

Private

6

 
 

Research

4

 
 

Self Employed

2

 
 

Teaching

1

 
 

N/A

5

 
 

Incomplete

1

 
  1. * May have held more than one visa
  2. +May have held more than one job
  3. $Multi-answer question