A patient who was given a fatal overdose by an out-of-hours doctor was unlawfully killed and his death amounted to gross negligence and manslaughter, a coroner has ruled.
Dr Daniel Ubani was “incompetent and not of an acceptable standard”, the coroner said.
David Gray, 70, died after the German locum administered a fatal dose of a painkiller when he was working on his first shift for an out-of-hours GP service provider.
The comments were made by the Cambridgeshire and North-east coroner, William Morris, sitting in Wisbech, at the end of an inquest that has highlighted the concerns about the quality of out-of-hours care offered to patients.
Morris said “weaknesses remain in the system” and made 11 recommendations to the Department of Health for a review of the entire service.
In August, the GMC and the Royal College of GPs demanded a rewriting of EU rules that allow doctors from Europe to be registered in the UK without tests on their English or medical competence. Doctors from the rest of the world already face such checks.
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