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Question of the week



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Published Date: 20 July 2008
WELCOME to Scotland on Sunday's online feature, Question of the Week.
Each week we ask the readers of scotlandonsunday.com for their views on a burning issue from the past seven days. The best responses may be reproduced on the Online Forum page in Sunday's print edition of the newspaper on July 27.

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The question this week is...

Under plans by the Chief Medical Officer all doctors in the UK could face annual assessments and have their licences renewed every five years. But should they face annual appraisals and will patients benefit as a result?



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  • Last Updated: 24 July 2008 11:54 AM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
 
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John Robinson,

24/07/2008 12:15:23
I get an appraisal every year at work, so I see no reasons why doctors should be any different. I only hope it's more worthwhile than the relatively pointless box-ticking exercise i have to go through. As for the patients, if the doctors know they are being monitored then surely the bad ones are likely to be weeded out more quickly. This can only save lives and lessen suffering
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irene soames,

25/07/2008 22:38:54
It goes without saying that those who professionally hold our lives in their hands should be closely monitored for their competence. But alas, I don’t think appraisals will be enough to catch a future Harold Shipman, or those doctors intent on breaking the Hippocratic Oath without compunction, like the doctor who has just been suspended for prescribing sleeping pills to a suicidal patient.

 

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