English language test for foreign nurses is made easier after just 4% pass exam

Language tests for foreign nurses working in British hospitals have been made EASIER after only eight out of 220 Filipino nurses passed.

Exams have been relaxed so more foreign nurses will have the right to work in the UK after only 4% of nurses met the required English language standards at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Bosses at the trust – which manages New Cross Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital in the West Midlands – blamed a ‘painful’ International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for the crippling shortage of nurses.

This came after only 4% of foreign nurses achieved the minimum score of seven out of nine across five separate tests.

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