Posted on Monday, 5th October 2009 by admin
All 152 NHS organisations responsible for out of hours GP services in England have been ordered to review patient safety following the case of a German doctor who accidentally killed a patient on his first shift in Britain.
Primary care trusts, which commission emergency overnight and weekend care for millions of people, will receive letters today from the Department of Health telling them to re-examine induction and training for foreign doctors, call-handling and prioritising of cases, clinical decisions made by GPs and other staff and the management of powerful drugs.
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