Out of hours GP – Stay or Go?

There have been recent fears over the safety of private doctors after hours. The recent fears have come about since a patient called David Gray, a seventy year old man was given an overdose (almost ten times) of a painkiller called diamorphine.

An investigation led by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed the monitoring of independent care in England is a “nationwide problem”. The out of hours began in 2004 when the Department of Health let GP’s opt out of nightly and weekend work. This forced the Primary Care Trusts (PCT) to then hire private out of hour staff.

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  1. Polprav Says:
    October 22nd, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Hello from Russia!
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  2. admin Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Hi Polprav,
    Welcome to alternativemedicineresources.net, it is nice to hear from you. I am happy for you to quote a post with the link to here.

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