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Junior doctors ‘putting patients at risk’, says DH
A report into the Foundation Programme by Sir John Collins has found that junior doctors are being forced to carry out tasks which are beyond their competence.
The report also found that some junior doctors were not being properly supervised whilst carrying out their duties – and that patients could have been put at risk.
In response, the health secretary Andrew Lansley said: "I have asked Medical Education England to work with the profession, the service and medical Royal Colleges to take forward the recommendations as swiftly as possible.
This will fit with Medical Education England's ongoing work to improve the quality of training, ensuring that trainees have appropriate supervision and are not undertaking tasks for which they are not yet competent."
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