Nurse who couldn’t speak English is struck off

A midwife has been struck off for refusing to take an English test. Barbara Maja Fall was suspended more than three years ago because of her poor grasp of the language while employed as a band five midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust. Fall took the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test but failed to meet the standard set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2018. She has not taken any steps to improve her English in that…