[Busman747]

"the other thing is that when these people come over here they speak very little english which in the nursing industry is a BLUNDER waiting to happen. The biggest and most important thing a nurse will ever learn is comunication and there is a massive LACK of it with the people that are coming in these days."

Totally agree slinky, but the PC Brigade win again!! Most other countries will not admit people that only speak their native language because, as you say, communication is paramount......but this is Britain (no longer "great") and our so called leaders are leading us into obscurity.