Nurses and midwives who completed their training outside Europe are to face new assessments of their eligibility to work in the UK, it has been announced. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said ...

BMJ OnExamination, a leading provider of medical revision resources, is supporting adult field nurses seeking employment in the UK to prepare for the part 1 Test of Competence exam set by the Nursing ...

Concerns have been raised that the health service could become over reliant on nurses and midwives from overseas, after figures showed a big surge in new joiners to the register who trained abroad. In ...

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK has recently announced changes to its English language proficiency requirements for overseas nurses ...

As a fluent English speaker, Indian-trained nurse Deepa was surprised to learn she had to sit a language test to practise in ...

Thousands of South African nurses working in the UK could be forced to return home because of new immigration rules introduced by the British Government this week. Under the new regime, employers in ...

THE Royal Bolton Hospital is facing a nursing crisis this winter after struggling to bring in international recruits. Health chiefs say they tried to bring in 140 nurses during a recent recruitment ...