Just 46 nurses joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( EU ) register in April , dropping from 1,304 April , according to a BBC report. • Want to comment on this story? However, the introduction of English language testing for the Nursing and Midwifery Council nurses is more to blame for the shortage of labour than the Brexit 's vote to leave the European Union , said Claire Billenness , director at staffing agency HCL Workforce . The NMC is pitched at an "academic" rather than a "working" level of English , and could lead to at least 90% of nurses from the EU being lost, added Barry Pactor , group MD at TTM Healthcare .
Just 46 nurses joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council ( EU ) register in April , dropping from 1,304 April , according to a BBC report. However, the introduction of English language testing for the Nursing and Midwifery Council nurses is more to blame for the shortage of labour than the Brexit 's vote to leave the European Union , said Claire Billenness , director at staffing agency HCL Workforce . The NMC is pitched at an "academic" rather than a "working" level of English , and could lead to at least 90% of nurses from the EU being lost, added Barry Pactor , group MD at TTM Healthcare .