Foreign doctors must be able speak English
24-02-2013, 12:29
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Foreign doctors wanting to treat NHS patients in England will have to prove they have the necessary English skills, the government has confirmed...
... From April, there will be a national list of GPs to prevent doctors being rejected in one part of the country and then cropping up somewhere else. GPs will have to prove their language skills before being put on the list.
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Sounds like common sense to me so you have wonder why it's taken so long to tackle this problem. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547513
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24-02-2013, 12:48
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
indeed mine speaks perfect english but in past we had one which was little akward.
My sisters is french moment cant hardly speak word english.
common sense really.
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24-02-2013, 13:02
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
"must be able speak English"?
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24-02-2013, 13:21
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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Concerns were raised after a German doctor, Dr Daniel Ubani, gave a patient a fatal overdose on his first and only shift in the UK.
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Dam right as well, We are talking about the possibility if the doctor cannot speak or understand English of a misdiagnosis. If a doctor did not speak or understand English well then i would not use be using that doctor
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24-02-2013, 14:06
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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Dam right as well, We are talking about the possibility if the doctor cannot speak or understand English of a misdiagnosis. If a doctor did not speak or understand English well then i would not use be using that doctor
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yep big risks. wonder if been more spreed issues already.
The other on side note is many atos doctors come from all over burma, croatia etc. If they speak little or dont understand lingo could this caused errors in those assements.
Any reason why latin was dropped on pescriptions. Used to be common years back docs would write them in latin.
qid used to be four as remember. Though latin diluted so much only now the obvious common words now.
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24-02-2013, 14:09
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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you've answered your own question.... it's common sense,and that's why it's taken so long. 
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24-02-2013, 14:11
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Maybe that should be extended to the patients as well ? 
I would have thought that speaking good English would have to a prerequisite of practicing medicine in an English speaking country myself
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24-02-2013, 14:12
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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Dam right as well, We are talking about the possibility if the doctor cannot speak or understand English of a misdiagnosis. If a doctor did not speak or understand English well then i would not use be using that doctor
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I do believe the problem in Urbani's case wasn't strictly one of language but rather the fact that diamorphine wasn't prescribed in Germany (just morphine) and he got the dose wrong because of it.
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24-02-2013, 14:14
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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Just insert 'to' - sorry to have confused you. I was in a rush to a hot date with a homeless guy.
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24-02-2013, 14:26
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Just insert 'to' - sorry to have confused you. I was in a rush to a hot date with a homeless guy.
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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24-02-2013, 14:49
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24-02-2013, 14:53
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Re: Foreign doctors must be able speak English
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24-02-2013, 15:13
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Nice one 
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