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False job titles: trusts admit giving ‘nurse’ badges to unregistered
Internationally educated nurse recruits at six London trusts wore ‘staff nurse’ badges before completing competency tests and receiving UK PINs, a freedom of information request has revealed. The trusts stated that this had happened between 2021 and 2023, which has raised questions about nursing roles and titles, accountability, transparency and safety. There have also been concerns whether the recruits had been given the corresponding workload of a registered nurse before being registered.
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