Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 12564

Health Professions: Complaints

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints there were about to the standard of English of (a) GPs, (b) consultants and (c) other health care professionals in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
No such data is collected. Many of the statutory health regulatory bodies have adopted the use of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to assess workers for the health care setting. The overall IELTS English language test score of 7.0...
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