According to the UKIP forum e-newsletter from 12-07-10, Thousands of foreign nurses will be allowed to work in Britain without any safety checks because EU rules demand that the tests are axed.
They will not need to sit rigorous competence exams before treating NHS patients. And they will no longer even be required to show they have looked after patients in the past three years.
Critics say the change will ‘almost certainly’ lead to lives being lost. The Nursing and Midwifery Council will stop administering the tests in the autumn after being told it could be sued by the European Commission for breaking EU law on ‘freedom of movement’ for workers from the Continent.
Welcome to my ramblings about life and politics in Chopwell, Rowlands Gill, Gateshead and the UK. I am a UKIP activist, but not all of my views are necessarily UKIP policy.
Hopefully the first death will be some euro MP who`s here to lay down the law to those awkward pesky Brits.