Urgent changes must be made to the system of vetting foreign doctors offering out-of-hours GP care, MPs say. The Health Committee warned NHS trusts "were not doing their jobs" by failing to check language and medical skills. That meant patients risked being treated by doctors who were incompetent or were not fluent in English.
Commenting ahead of the Health Select Committee report today on the employment of foreign doctors in the NHS, Norman Lamb, said:
A compulsory levy should be introduced to fund a universal social care system for adults in England, Labour says. It said the move would represent the biggest shake-up in the welfare state since the creation of the NHS and end the "cruel lottery" currently in place.
Commenting on the Channel 4 news report that revealed the Government is planning to cut the Attendance Allowance budget by £100m to pay for free residential care, Norman Lamb, said:
A disabled yachtswoman who became the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around Britain is planning a new challenge in the Gulf. Hilary Lister, 37, from Faversham in Kent, is aiming to sail 100 miles around the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Diabetes patients want more say in the way local NHS services for their condition are run, a charity has said.
