Apparently he was rejected by 1 PCT but was accepted onto Cornwall
performers list, although never worked there. (Source Jeremy Vine show
main theme seemed to be GPs are overpaid and lazy and we should all go
back to providing OOH cover for our own patients)
Piers
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From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Hawking
Sent: 05 February 2010 09:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SUIs
Slightly different question:
The doctor at the centre of this is practising as a plastic surgeon, not
a GP.
Why did *any* PCT allow him to be listed on a GP Performers list, and
are all EU (not "foreign" - I think that is non-EU residents/trained -
and these "foreign" doctors are very closely scrutinised before being
allowed to practice in any capacity) required to be on a Performers list
before they can be employed as GPs, even for a few hours? If so, does
this apply to locums supplied by locum agencies?
EU regulations may insist that **qualifications** are recognised across
the EU: but when did qualification as a plastic surgeon mean that you
were qualified to be a GP?
(Or vice versa!)
Mary
PS If he was on a Performers list, should the PCT concerned be under
scrutiny as well?
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Declan Fox <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>Absolutely, great British public deserves no less, besides can't have
>all these foreign johnnies coming in now can we? Whatever next? Irish??
>If 10% fail (even temporarily) revalidation, then there will be need
>for a lot of foreign docs to fill the gaps.
>I feel a major fudge coming on here...
>
>Declan
>
><<But it seems that the cost of remediation for below-par hospital
>doctors will have to be paid for by the NHS, and the potential cost of
>this is said to be causing some disquiet among the Great and Good.
>Which will put them in an Interesting Position: having said so
>vehemently that the public needs revalidation for safety's sake, then
>expense should surely be no object.>>>
>
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Mary Hawking
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