UK: Foreign doctors' lack of English is threat to patients, warns BMA chief

[Francis Hult]

Telegraph

 

Foreign doctors' lack of English is threat to patients, warns BMA chief

 

Medics are allowed to work even if they speak as little English as many Britons speak Chinese, the chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested. 

 

He called for tighter regulations to prevent a repeat of the death of David Gray, a pensioner who died after he was treated by a German visiting doctor working his first shift in Britain. 

 

Full story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7858912/Foreign-doctors-lack-of-English-is-threat-to-patients-warns-BMA-chief.html

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