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IELTS requirements for nurses and midwives wishing to work in the UK

by IELTS buddy


Good news for those people wishing to work as a nurse or midwife in the UK.

It was announced on the 28 November 2018 that there would be changes to the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) English language proficiency requirements for overseas nurses and midwives.

Previously, nurses and midwives wishing to work in the UK had to achieve at least an IELTS band 7.0 in all four modules - Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading. Thus an overall band 7.0.

Under the change, nurses and midwives wishing to work in the UK will still be required to achieve a minimum overall score of 7.0 in IELTS.

However, a 6.5 score in the Writing section of the test will now be accepted alongside a 7.0 score in each of the Reading, Listening and Speaking sections of the test.

This alteration took place from the 5 December 2018. The NMC has said that IELTS results under two years old that were taken prior to this change will also be considered to meet the new requirements.

Writing is one of the most difficult parts of the test and many candidates get stuck at band 6.5 and have difficulty getting the band 7.0.

So this new changes on the IELTS band score requirements for nurses and midwives to work in the UK is good news.

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Nov 07, 2019
 General Ielts
by: Anonymous

For nursing recruitment general Ielts score Is acceptable anywhere
Jan 09, 2020
 Issue with overall score
by: Anonymous

Is it necessary to get an individual overall score of 7 in both IELTS score sheets under the new clubbing system.

In one my overall score is 7 which is accepted
But in the second my overall is 6.5 which faces an issue as such an option is not provided by the website.

Can I explained if there's anything that I can do about it and as to why this is the case
Mar 20, 2020
 What do I do
by: Anonymous

I just took the test and I got a total band 7 with the following as scores. Listening 8.5, reading 6.0 writing 6.0 and speaking 7.0. Am I eligible?
Mar 20, 2020
 What do I do
by: Anonymous

I just took the test and I got a total band 7 with the following as scores. Listening 8.5, reading 6.0 writing 6.0 and speaking 7.0. Am I eligible? I want to go to d UK to work as a nurse.
Oct 10, 2020
 NMC UK
by: Anonymous

I took the test last month and I got my result yesterday. I had 8.5 in listening, 6.5 in reading, 7.0 in writing and 7.5 in speaking. My overall score is 7.5. Can I use it for NMC UK registration?. What can be done?
Jan 13, 2021
 IELTS results
by: Anonymous

Due to covid what’s the spacing between two results that can be joined to qualify to register please
Aug 27, 2021
 Ielts test score
by: Anonymous

Please kindly help look into this ielts of a thing most especially the writing and reading module because the rate at which people get stuck on these 2 modules is frustrating. So, this should at least be reviewed to a bandscore of 6 either of it.

Thanks
Nov 20, 2022
 IELTS BIASNESS
by: Anonymous

How can commonwealth countries who study in english and comparatively speak it well have to go through these when eastern europeans can apply and work without having english as their first language. Racism comes in all forms.
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