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Bradshaw rules out 'unqualified' GPs in Darzi clinics

10-Mar-08

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has denied there are plans to staff the new Darzi surgeries with unqualified GPs.

Last week Phil Emmott, the former deputy chief executive of Bury PCT, said a serving PCT deputy chief executive told him that ‘broad hints' were being given to PCTs that only one doctor in the new Darzi surgeries need be vocationally trained.

The plans, which would require primary legislation, would introduce a fourth tier of GP. The ‘associate practitioner grade in general practice' would be different from partners, salaried GPs and registrars.

RCGP chairman Professor Steve Field said the college would ‘not support this'.

‘We believe in the need for highly-trained generalists. We do not believe there is a need for partly-trained generalists,' he said. 

But he pointed out that if hospital consultants are running clinics in primary care ‘there might be a situation where a hospital staff grade might be appropriate'.

Mr Bradshaw said that the suggestion was ‘complete nonsense'. 

Patients will be treated by ‘fully-trained medical professionals. The rules will not change.'

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ralph vadas

10/03/2008

Labour can lie about joining the EU constitution and Bradshaw can lie about polyclinics.

Rupen Kulkarni

10/03/2008

I am sure long noses can be trimmed on the NHS although it would be difficult to have the PCT fund this as it would be classified under 'cosmetic surgery' in the true sense. Maybe the new Private sharks could do it for free for their Labour cronies.

Richard David Humble

10/03/2008

Notice his reply was 'run by fulled trained medical professionals' NOT 'fully trained GPs' - not untrue but ? a slip of the tongue like Darzi's comment about plans to 'separate the patient from their relationship with their own doctor' rather then 'support'???!!!

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