title: Employing foreign nurses is outrageous.
abstract: I was enraged at the report that a hospital in Newcastle may have to recruit paediatric nurses overseas to fill vacancies ('Paediatric recruitment crisis', News, February 10). I understand that a number of hospitals nationwide have run on low numbers within the paediatric environment.
authors.affiliation: Somerset.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chattoe