Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74475

NHS: English Language

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing English language requirements for non-UK staff within the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Where legally required, healthcare professionals must be registered with the appropriate United Kingdom healthcare regulator to be able to practise. Professionals who qualified outside the UK must demonstrate they have the necessary knowledge of English a...

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