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Nurses who can?t speak English are being allowed to work on wards without undergoing proper tests, MPs warn today.
They accuse the nursing watchdog of endangering patients by failing to enforce adequate language checks and have asked for ?urgent? action on the problem.
There is widespread concern that many foreign nurses have a poor grasp of English and some patients report having to communicate by sign language.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ish-say-MPs-watchdog-calls-urgent-action.html
They accuse the nursing watchdog of endangering patients by failing to enforce adequate language checks and have asked for ?urgent? action on the problem.
There is widespread concern that many foreign nurses have a poor grasp of English and some patients report having to communicate by sign language.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ish-say-MPs-watchdog-calls-urgent-action.html