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Foreign GPs will face English language test – Lansley
Mr Lansley will say a change in the law will reduce NHS users’ “anxiety”.
Doctors with a “poor grasp” of English will be prevented from working for the NHS, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to say.
He will tell the Conservative Party conference he has an “absolute commitment” to patient safety and that GPs will be vetted to ensure their language skills do not compromise this.
This follows the death of a man treated by a German locum GP in 2008.
Mr Lansley will say a change in the law will reduce NHS users’ “anxiety”.
Ex carers need help
Former carers face difficult transition
[Posted: Sun 02/10/2011 by Deborah Condon www.irishhealth.com]
A new report has detailed the often difficult time former family carers face when their caring job comes to an end.
Currently, there are an estimated 274,000 people In Ireland providing various levels of care to family members. However, until now, no research has examined the issue of life after caring.
Online tools have been developed to ensure patients and clinicians can work together
New online tools can help transform patients’ lives
30 Sep 2011
Patients are being given the tools to help them make informed decisions about their treatments and to encourage a shared decision making process between them and their clinicians.
In line with the ‘no decision about me, without me’ pledge made by the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley to every NHS patient, a new range of online tools have been developed to ensure patients and clinicians can work together more effectively to make the right decision for the patient at that time.
