Summary: Foreign NHS staff with a poor grasp of English are causing confusion, mistakes and bad treatment across the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals. Adrian Goldberg talks to patients and health sector insiders who say that some care workers, dentists and pharmacists – as well as doctors and nurses – cannot properly understand their patients. People arriving from the European Union do not have to pass English language tests to register to work. The General Medical Council, and other healthcare bodies, say this needs to change.
