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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.
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.
He had earlier been rejected for work because of poor English skills.
From April there will be a legal duty to ensure a doctor's English is up to scratch before they are employed.
Foreign doctors will have to prove they can speak a "necessary level of English" before they are allowed to treat patients in hospitals or in GP surgeries, the Department of Health said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547513
Good communication is essential for all HCPs. I have had more than one consultation with someone I found very difficult to understand, and who didn't really understand me.
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.
He had earlier been rejected for work because of poor English skills.
From April there will be a legal duty to ensure a doctor's English is up to scratch before they are employed.
Foreign doctors will have to prove they can speak a "necessary level of English" before they are allowed to treat patients in hospitals or in GP surgeries, the Department of Health said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547513
Good communication is essential for all HCPs. I have had more than one consultation with someone I found very difficult to understand, and who didn't really understand me.
