healthcare staffing agency HCL Workforce Solutions said the current language requirements were “unjustified”. The Nursing and Midwifery Council is auditing the standards English language tests require of foreign nurses after hospital managers and recruitment agencies lobbied to have the pass rate reduced. The current language requirements led around 50% of nurses to fail or drop out of the test since November 2014, according to a recent report from healthcare staffing agency HCL Workforce. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Hunt said he was “absolutely convinced” that there were no barriers for overseas nurses wanting to work in Britain.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is auditing the standards English language tests require of foreign nurses after hospital managers and recruitment agencies lobbied to have the pass rate reduced. The current language requirements led around 50% of nurses to fail or drop out of the test since November 2014, according to a recent report from healthcare staffing agency HCL Workforce. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Hunt said he was “absolutely convinced” that there were no barriers for overseas nurses wanting to work in Britain.