Posted on Thursday, 8th October 2009 by admin

Chancellor Alistair Darling has recommended a pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants in 2010/11. He has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of judges, senior NHS managers and GPs. In addition, about 700,000 middle-ranking public servants, including doctors, dentists and prison officers, will get a rise of between [...]

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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 [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 4th October 2009 by admin

An investigation into the death of Mr Gray, 70, has raised questions about the standards of GP out-of-hours services nationally the healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission said. Dr Daniel Ubani, gave Mr Gray, 70, a massive overdose of diamorphine on his first shift in Britain in February 2008, later claiming he was tired after [...]

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