The Coroner on this case said that the English test for foreign care workers had to be upgraded after an elderly woman died in a care home, there has been at least another fatality since then. The Chief Medical officer also said the English test for people working in the Healthcare sector must also include medical terminology. The issue is that these care workers from India and Romania, couldn't even understand basic English e.g. "Alive, Alert, Breathing, Bleeding".
The charities are on it and a petition to government is forthcoming, due to MPs refusing to raise the standard. They said it is complicated to change it. How ridiculous, if they can provide different work visas, they can provide a specific English test for the Healthcare sector. They don't appear to care how many die. Not only should a new English be introduced, but every foreign care worker already working in the UK, should have to pass it, to enable them to stay in their jobs in the UK.
They must raise the standards.
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