Mrs B has got her exam results. IELTS Band 8.5! For anyone who's interested, that means she speaks, reads, writes & understands spoken English close to the level of a high level native speaker.
For comparison, IELTS Band 7.5 or equivalent is required for non-native English speakers to practice medicine in the UK.
She wanted this because since she took her masters degree & professional qualifications, a score of 8.0 has been set as the minimum for non-native speakers to register as speech therapists. It was implicit in her gaining her qualifications that her English was at that level, but you know bureaucracy. Explicit qualification is a requirement now, & although not retrospectively applied by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists to those registered before it was imposed, the NHS expects any new applicants for jobs to have it - and the NHS is by far the biggest employer.
She's very happy. She's sick of her present job (the work, the institution & its politics, the commuting - almost everything). She's already found a job in Reading to apply for. IELTS Band 8 required - no problem!
She's also very pleased with me, for all the coaching I gave her up to the exam.