Never mind speaking English, how about them writing in capitals also so you can read what they write, its always gibberish!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547513
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547513
Doctors Must Speak English
- Thread starter Fish
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Kellfire
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Considering how important medical records are I can't agree more, Fish. Their handwriting is largely terrible.
Test number one should be how to spell diarrhoea. I've seen all sorts of attempts: direheea, diarheah, dieareehah. Unbelievable that these people are trusted with our lives!
Test number one should be how to spell diarrhoea. I've seen all sorts of attempts: direheea, diarheah, dieareehah. Unbelievable that these people are trusted with our lives!
MegaSteve
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Believe it to be a basic requirement of working in any any country that you can communicate fully and clearly in its mother tongue...
I see doctors coming into the department every day with their ID and documents. Some of the CRB disclosures we see are truly shocking. You try and discuss it and they frankly haven't a scooby what you are on about and I've seen several I'd be truly scared to be treating me. I know our Clinical Resourcing Manager has actually refused to take on more than one locum on that basis
chrisd
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Test number one should be how to spell diarrhoea. I've seen all sorts of attempts: direheea, diarheah, dieareehah. Unbelievable that these people are trusted with our lives!
I'd much rather they learn how to cure it than spell it
upsidedown
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All medical staff in NZ had to take an English test, including those coming from England !!
SocketRocket
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Anyone called a 'Clinical Resourcing Manager' should be sacked.
Tommo21
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Posted this on facebook this morning.........I say test them on their doctoring skills as well.
Slime
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Same as that. Of course all doctors should be able to speak English ..................... as should the patients too!
Slime.
drawboy
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Not many people know this but diarrhoea is hereditary......it runs in your jeans.
JCW
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:thup:
Is this a joke thread now then , come on wrighty , fill your boots , but mind the red card :thup:
Is this a joke thread now then , come on wrighty , fill your boots , but mind the red card :thup:
Doon frae Troon
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I am sure that my father would rather have had a non English speaking doctor treat him than the useless old Scottish fool who diagnosed indigestion when he had a heart attack, he went back to work and had to force through a hospital appointment two weeks later.
Ethan
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Homer, not having a scooby what you are on about is not the sole preserve of non-native English speakers.
Foxholer
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Ethan
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Ooh, cutting!
Just teasing the great man.
Hooper
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Scouser
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Considering how important medical records are I can't agree more, Fish. Their handwriting is largely terrible.
Test number one should be how to spell diarrhoea. I've seen all sorts of attempts: direheea, diarheah, dieareehah. Unbelievable that these people are trusted with our lives!
You suffer from it bad then...............?
:rofl:
Doon frae Troon
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Glad you cleared that one up I thought it meant Criminal Records Manager.
6inchcup
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when i had my heart attack i had a doctor who spoke no english whatsoever and what looked like a 16 year old kid translating what we said to each other,how did i know what she was saying was correct and vice versa,and she was on £37 per hour through an agency!!!!
Doon frae Troon
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Bet it was not diagnosed as indigestion though!!
