i had to call the nmc i had to rant i had to tell them that i have been having high
scores in every other aspect except writing so why is it that this writing is keeping me back
hey guys welcome again to my channel if this is the first time seen my face my name is scholastica
i'm a nigerian trained nurse currently living and working as a nurse in the uk and in this
channel i make videos about nursing in the uk and life in the uk generally so guys make sure you
stick around so this video is actually a call to action to every foreign trained nurse and midwife
either here in the uk or back in your home country please guys make sure you watch this video to the
end because this video is going to benefit so many of us if you are watching this video it means you
want to become a registered nurse in the uk and for you to do that you have to pass your cbt
and you also have to demonstrate to nmc uk that you can communicate effectively in english now
for you to do that there are three ways you can either submit an english language test which is
what most of us did either ies or oit or you can submit an evidence to nmc that your whole nothing
education was done in english so your textbooks were in english your instructor spoke english
everything your tests exams everything was done in english language or you can show to the nmc
that you have at least one year work experience in a majority english speaking country now a lot of
my subscribers a lot of my viewers even me myself i was not eligible to use the last two so i had
to submit an english language test which was the is and guys you already know my experience with
the is i did i had three good times not like i was failing but because i was having 6.5 consistently
in writing so you know my story i already posted it i have a video about it i'm going to leave the
link there so make sure you watch it so you know what i'm talking about i had to call the nmc i
had to rant i had to tell them that i have been having high scores in every other aspect except
writing so why is it that this writing is keeping me back and luckily they said that we are in the
process of reviewing their requirements and we are going to make changes to the english language
test and that was her writing was brought down from 7 to 6.5 and that is why i'm here today so
a big thank you to everyone that has contacted nmc and complained about the english language
test that made them to reduce the score from seven to six point five now guys this is another
opportunity for us to do this again nmc has called this a democracy so they are going to be making
this available to every single one of us whether you are here already or you are still back home in
your country your voice matters your opinion matters recently nmc announced that they are
trying to make changes to the english language requirement for foreign trade nurses again and the
meeting was held on the 26th of may but i didn't attend the meeting i wanted to attend i sent a
message to nmc and they said the capacity was full already but they are going to update me as time
goes on with every decision they make so i didn't want to make this video until i had all my facts
straight before coming as to say okay nmc is about to do this but i just had to do this video because
this is the critical point this is a critical moment if i keep quiet about this then what's
the point so here it is after the meeting nmc said they are going to make this open to every one of
us so all you have to do is go to nmc uk website go to the um english language requirement session
i'm going to leave the link in the description box you'll see an online survey all you have to
do guys is fill in the online survey now this is going to be open from now to 12th of august 2022
so this is the time for you to start doing it now this is going to take 15 minutes to 20 minutes of
your time and just this little time can change the next generation of nurses coming to the uk
they can make this this process easier this process faster and reduce less frustration so
guys after you finish this video go to the nmc uk website fill in the online survey with your
details press submit and that is it they're going to update us after on the 12th of august as to
what their decision is but guys like i said before this is critical our voice matters our opinions
matters together we stand whether you are here already it doesn't matter because so many people
are going to benefit from this single action so many nurses even those that are in the process
of writing cbt those that are still considering if they are going to come to the uk or not even
students that have at the back of their mind that as soon as they graduate they are coming to the uk
this is going to make things a lot easier i know so many of us struggled with ielts me included we
struggled with ielts some people wrote it seven times ten times twelve times and did not give up
but why should we keep on stressing ourselves if there is a chance that this could be easier
this is our chance guys share this video to as many people as possible every one of us our
voice matters it's a democracy continue sharing let us come together and create a difference
we have to have our backs we have to have each other's backs good africans in philippines
it's not as if we can't communicate in english i'm speaking to you in english right even though
i make some blunders now and then but i'm speaking to you in english and that does not affect patient
safety or anything so i think we are actually able to communicate effectively in english that
would not endanger our our patients but nmc does not know that and they need you to tell
them what to do so guys please please please i'm sure i must have said so many times in this video
go now not now after the end of this video go straight to nfc uk website fill in the online
survey and let's get this rolling when you are done come back to this video write in the comment
section don't and i'm going to give a shout out to every one of you in my next video thank you bye