NHS relaxes English tests to tackle nursing shortage
English tests for foreign nurses are to be relaxed after regulators admitted that higher standards were causing NHS staff shortages.
The pass mark for written English is being lowered after a review concluded that good candidates were “just missing out” on being able to work in Britain.
Tougher language tests introduced in 2016 have been cited by some as a bigger factor than Brexit in a collapse in the number of EU nurses coming to work in Britain, with new arrivals down by more than 90 per cent….. (Readmore)