All the Filipinos working at the hospital I work at were recruited by the NHS trust. They liased with two agencies out in the Philippines and 3 of our staff flew out and held interviews over 3 days. I'm not sure how it would work for a single Filipino trying to get work here. Maybe they have friends already working here in the NHS who know if their trusts are looking to recruit from overseas.

I remember it was a tough interview and they had their air fares and expenses paid but only if they passed the IELTS.

Out of 250 only about 40 succeeded