Inexperienced doctors are being left in charge of A&Es, regulator warns

General Medical Council says health of patients at risk with trainee medics forced to ‘act beyond clinical competence’

The safety of hospital patients is being put at risk because inexperienced young doctors are too often being left in charge of A&E and other units, Britain’s medical regulator has warned.

Understaffing and pressures on senior doctors mean trainee medics are being forced to “fend for themselves” by looking after patients whose conditions they are not qualified to treat, said the General Medical Council, which has shared the findings of an in-depth study with the Guardian.

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Continue reading... November 27, 2017 at 03:00AM