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Cheshire patients happy with out of hours GP service - Chester Chronicle 16th October 2009
"PATIENTS needing urgent out-of-hours medical advice over the phone were impressed with the quality of the service offered, according to a survey.
The Western Cheshire GP out-of-hours service takes over at 6.30pm to answer calls from patients with problems that can’t wait until morning."
Children needlessly admitted to hospital 'because of removal of GP out of hours cover' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"Thousands of children are being needlessly admitted to hospital every year due to the removal of the duty on GPs to provide out of hours cover, a new study suggests. "
There will be more fatal GP errors - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"Because of European employment law, politicians are powerless to prevent more tragedies like the death of David Gray"
East Lancashire health bosses reassure public over out-of-hours GP care - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd October 2009
"HEALTH bosses have moved to reassure people in East Lancashire that they do not hire foreign agency staff to man out-of-hours GP care.
Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has raised fears of a “national problem” regarding the operation of private GP companies working in England under NHS contracts. "
Foreign GP in overdose death case 'gave false reference to NHS' - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"The foreign out-of-hours doctor who accidentally killed a pensioner David Gray gave a false reference to the NHS in order to practice here, Mr Gray's sons claim. "
Brown's 'broken promise led to out-of hours GP tragedy' - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Broken promises by Gordon Brown led to the needless death of a pensioner accidentally killed by an exhausted German doctor, claim campaigners.
A review ordered by the Government of out-of-hours GP services in the wake of the death of David Gray, 70, last year, is too little, too late, says the Patients Association. "
Doctor who killed pensioner had no GP experience, says son - Daily Telegraph 2nd October 2009
"Dr Daniel Ubani who killed David Gray with a massive overdose of diamorphine when working as an out of hours doctor had no prior GP experience and was on his first shift in Britain, Mr Gray's son Stuart said. "
NHS trusts ordered to review safety after case of foreign GP killing patient - The Guardian 2nd September 2009
"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."
Fears over out-of-hours medical care after fatal patient overdose - The Times 2nd October 2009
"The health regulator has urged NHS trusts to check the safety of their private out-of-hours GP cover after the death of a patient given an overdose by a locum doctor.
An investigation by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the case of David Gray, 70, who was given ten times the normal dose of the painkiller diamorphine, suggested the monitoring of independent care in England is a “nationwide problem”."
'Lives put at risk' by out-of-hours GPs, Care Quality Commission reports says - Daily Telegraph 1st October 2009
"Patients’ lives may be put at risk by “widespread problems” in GP out-of-hours care, claims a report by the Care Quality Commission, the health care regulator. "
Call for out-of-hours GP scrutiny - BBC Health News 2nd October 2009
"NHS trusts in England must monitor out-of-hours GP care more closely, says a watchdog carrying out a review prompted by the death of a 70-year-old patient.
David Gray died in February 2008 after a locum doctor from Germany mistakenly gave him an overdose of diamorphine. "
Killer German GP failed first attempt to work in the UK - The Observer 20th September 2009
A German doctor who accidentally killed a patient on his first UK shift as an out-of-hours locum GP failed in his first attempt to win the right to work in Britain, the Guardian can reveal.
Daniel Ubani withdrew an application to join a "performers list" run by the NHS in Leeds when he failed to score sufficient marks in an English test and did not provide guarantees he would only work locally.
CHOC is not for emergency calls - Carlisle News & Star 1st September 2009
RESPONDING to the report of a false allegation about “poor service” from Cumbria Health On Call by Millom Town councillors, (Evening Mail, Friday August 14), I can fully understand the mess this country’s in if it’s run by similarly-minded people as these councillors.
NHS Halton and St Helens spends £267,000 bringing in doctors to cover shifts - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 27th August 2009
THE health trust which covers Halton has spent more money bringing in foreign doctors to cover shifts than any other in the country.
NHS Halton and St Helens spent £267,000 between 2008-9 to cover the wages of 10 German and Polish doctors.
Health Trust paid foreign GPs £267,000 - Liverpool Daily Post 26th August 2009
A MERSEYSIDE health trust has spent £267,000 on foreign GPs to cover shifts resident doctors would not work.
The figure paid by Halton and St Helens PCT between 2008-09 is the largest in the country and covered the total wages of 10 doctors from Poland and Germany.
St Helens and Halton PCT paid foreign GPs £267,000 - Liverpool Daily Post 26th August 2009
A MERSEYSIDE health trust has spent £267,000 on foreign GPs to cover shifts resident doctors would not work.
The figure paid by Halton and St Helens PCT between 2008-09 is the largest in the country and covered the total wages of 10 doctors from Poland and Germany.
GP gave two patients diamorphine overdose in same shift, GMC is told - The Times 25th August 2009
An out-of-hours GP administered six times the correct dosage of diamorphine to two patients during the same shift, killing one and causing the other to stop breathing.\n\nMichael Stevenson, 57, appeared before a fitness to practise panel of the General Medical Council in Manchester accused of administering excessive and potentially lethal doses of the painkiller.
Royal College calls for review of out-of-hours care - Daily Telegraph 25th August 2009
A ''radical review'' of out-of-hours care is needed to prevent European doctors flying to the UK to cover weekend shifts, Professor Steve Field, the head of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), said.
Third of primary care trusts rely on foreign doctors - Daily Telegraph 25th August 2009
A third of primary care trusts are relying on GPs from European countries such as Lithuania, Poland and Hungary, because of a shortage of doctors in Britain unwilling to working in the evenings and weekends.
Test all foreign doctors coming to practice in Britain, say GP leaders - Daily Mail 25th August 2009
The huge extent to which the NHS needs foreign doctors to treat patients out of hours is revealed today.
A third of primary care trusts are flying in GPs from as far away as Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland because of a shortage of doctors in Britain willing to work in the evenings and at weekends.
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