Before
being allowed to work in the health service in England, doctors -
foreigners , including from the EU , they will pass the test of English
language proficiency - announced on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the
Conservative Party in Manchester health minister Andrew Lansley .This
requirement will apply only in England, because the health service in
Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the local
local parliaments. It will be used both to doctors working in hospitals, as well as the so-called . pet doctors working in clinics .This
announcement comes in response to a loud case of German doctor Daniel
Ubaniego , who wrote a lethal dose of painkiller 70 -year-old patient
David Gray in February 2008 Ubani before duty in England was exhausted
flight from Germany. Coroner's Court found that the doctor is guilty of negligence."The public is concerned that not all doctors speak English properly," - said Lansley . " This is discrimination against foreign doctors . NHS has always appreciated their contribution," - he added.Regulations
setting out the role and responsibilities of the supervisory
authorities ( the so-called trusts - a kind of complex health centers
obtain services ) will be changed.They will be required to check the level of knowledge of all new foreign doctors before hiring them in England. To this end, the trusts will have to deploy a special person and entrust the enforcement of the new rules.New
powers will also gain a GMC ( General Medical Council ) - the
organization of medical self-government , which determines enrollment
doctors authorized to practice a profession.Under
the current rules , doctors who want to work in the UK must be
registered with the GMC , but only doctors from outside the European
Economic Area are subject to language tests . This
leads to a situation where a higher standard of knowledge applicable to
doctors in Canada or Australia than, say, in Italy or Lithuania .Doctors from the European Economic Area countries (10 per cent .
General across the country ) has been working in the UK , although never
tested , the extent to speak English. With the aid of doctors foreigners also enjoy casual to ensure staffing on call weekends and holidays.The only EU country that bypasses EU directive on free access to the EU market practitioners work is France . Doctors from other countries are invited there for an interview , during which examines , among others, level of knowledge of French.
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