It has emerged, thanks to a Freedom of Information request by the Daily Mail, that disgustingly, fewer than one in ten hospitals check whether nurses from Europe can adequately speak English before letting them work on the wards. A NHS watchdog also stated that language barriers only come to light when patients find that their requests for more pain relief or different food is not understood.
Due to strict and harmful anti-discrimination rules being imposed on us from Brussels, it is illegal for the Nursing and Midwifery Council regulator to check the English language skills of nurses trained in EU hospitals. The Department for Health and the Royal College of Nursing have told hospitals it is their responsibility to make adequate checks, however, this guidance has never been passed on to managers who are in charge of recruitment.
The Daily Mail Freedom of Information requests to all British hospitals- which only 104 bothered to respond- showed that one in seven set their own tests or ask to show proof that applicants have passed an English exam. A further nine said that they set literacy tests for all candidates; however, experts have said that this is not enough to establish that they would understand English, especially when working with patients, relatives and colleagues on very busy wards. Many others said that they do not believe they need to set any kind of test, as in their opinion, the NMC will already have checked.
This situation, which has been allowed to go unchecked for far too long, has severe consequences, and has the potential to put patients in harms way. Because of our open door policy, strict laws from Brussels and the NHS blindly accepting applicants from the EU, British people are being put at risk.
Jan Middelton nearly had to call 999 and summon medics to the ward because nurses could not understand her. What does that say about our health service, if nurses have to consider calling the emergency number to ensure that patients get the help they require?
In another case, thanks to the catastrophic rules being imposed on us, 70 year old, David Grey, died in 2008 when “German” GP, Daniel Ubani, gave him 20 times the recommended dose of painkillers. This doctor, who has no right to work in the UK, had a poor grasp of the English language (which surly should of ruled him out as an applicant to work in the UK).
We have been taken for a ride folks. They would have us believe that highly paid Hospital CEO's are completely unaware of the problems within their domain. The mind boggles how they can employ staff that are unable to communicate, and therefore, unable to do their work. When are these people going to held to account for negligence instead of being allowed to continue employing foreign workers?
Britain needs to really consider the consequences that its actions are having on its hospitals. We need to realise that it is not racist to want English speaking nurses and doctors to be working within the Health service which we fund out of our hard earned cash. It is our right to be able to converse with people paid to nurse us (via taxes). The simple fact is, it is not possible to get comprehensive care without the very basic human function of conversation. In fact it can be, and has proven to be lethal in some cases.
This story is yet more proof that Britain is being harmed by mass immigration and our membership to the EU, and also more reason why Britain needs change- change, that only a party like the National Front can implement.
BRITISH JOBS FOR BRITISH WORKERS!!!!!!!!!!
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