Investigation into Filipino nursing exams

IRELAND’S nursing regulatory body is to monitor an investigation by Philippine health authorities into allegations of cheating in nursing exams.

An Bord Altranais will monitor the outcome of an investigation which has rocked the Asian country. It is thought up to 5,500 nurses out of the 100,000 plus registered in Ireland are Filipinos.

In the last fortnight concern was raised after 17,000 nurses’ qualifications in the Asian country were frozen. The move followed 17 individuals investigated for co-ordinating cheating in nursing exams, with links to three nurse training companies in Manila, the country’s capital. Ireland is one of the top six countries in the world that employs Filipino nurses.