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Article: Standards rap for doctors.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- September 14, 2007
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DOCTORS in Sheffield are failing to meet official standards on out-of-hours care, it has been revealed.
Information released under the Freedom of Information Act show Sheffield Primary Care Trust is not fully meeting requirements in carrying out telephone clinical assessments, which are used to identify life-threatening conditions.They are also not fully meeting standards in starting face-to-face consultations on time.
The information was obtained by the Liberal Democrats.
Nationally, the survey revealed a third of PCTs are failing to meet the official standard for finding out what is wrong with a patient over the telephone.
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