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GPs have told the BBC their reputations have been "tarnished by incompetence" from the health watchdog.
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to apologise to hundreds of GPs for giving incorrect patient safety risk assessments.
A BBC investigation found serious errors in the calculations used by the CQC.
The British Medical Association is calling for the whole banding system to be withdrawn.
Around 60 practices have been taken out of the highest risk categories and four low-risk surgeries need early inspection.
John Flather, a GP in Hadleigh, Suffolk, said his practice had been incorrectly banded as high risk.
He said he was "totally disgusted by the process" and that a formal complaint had been made.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30344455
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to apologise to hundreds of GPs for giving incorrect patient safety risk assessments.
A BBC investigation found serious errors in the calculations used by the CQC.
The British Medical Association is calling for the whole banding system to be withdrawn.
Around 60 practices have been taken out of the highest risk categories and four low-risk surgeries need early inspection.
John Flather, a GP in Hadleigh, Suffolk, said his practice had been incorrectly banded as high risk.
He said he was "totally disgusted by the process" and that a formal complaint had been made.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30344455