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Out-of-hours firm had systemic failings, CQC says

BBC Health - 15th July 2010 9:33 am

A company providing out-of-hours care in an area where a pensioner died after a painkiller overdose had “systematic” failings, the NHS regulator says.

David Gray, 70, from Manea, Cambridgeshire, was killed by Dr Daniel Ubani, a German medic working his first NHS shift for Take Care Now.

The now-defunct firm was criticised for failing to act on previous cases and warnings on standards.

The Care Quality Commission said the whole NHS should learn lessons too.

The CQC criticised Take Care Now (TCN) for failing to investigate and learn from two previous cases of diamorphine overdoses prior to Mr Gray’s death.

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