In message <[log in to unmask]>, Julian Bradley
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>We should be focusing on improving the English system, hold government
>and PCTs to account, and stop seeking personal revenge.
I agree - that is what we are trying to do.
Another question - genuinely not sure on this one.
A colleague who has worked in Germany told me that there is no need for
any vocational training to be able to practice as a Huisarts (GP) in
Germany.
*If* this is true, then being licensed to practice as a GP doesn't
really mean much in the way of training or skills - and might well lead
to the idea among German doctors wanting to do some weekend shifts that
the same applied in the UK.
*Does* EU law *require* *all* EU countries to allow doctors who do not
hold training certificates or higher qualifications to practice in an EU
country where such training *is* required?
(I hadn't realised that the kit provided by the OOH service included
100mg amps of diamorphine (why? Dangerous *and* expensive) but I agree,
having an ampoule of that dose is definitely an implication that this is
a normal dose - and I suspect that both diamorphine and pethidine have
different names in Germany, making what would be harder to understand in
someone working in the UK understandable. An accident waiting to
happen.)
I am interested in *systems* - and the OOH system doesn't seem to be
functioning that well in various different ways.
Anyone been following West Yorkshire Urgent Care and David Carson's
report for Kirklees PCT?
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Mary Hawking
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