§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what vetting procedures are required for clinicians recruited from abroad on short-term contracts to work in independent sector treatment centres. [174477]
§ Mr. HuttonAll registered clinicians working in independent sector treatment centres (IS-TCs) will have undergone the following stages of vetting.
Providing companies will have exercised due diligence in their clinical appointment processes including determining qualifications and experience and suitability for the English healthcare environment. This will include English language testing.
168WAll overseas clinicians working in IS-TCs will have been assessed and registered by the national statutory regulatory authority: doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC), nurses by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and therapists by the Health Professions Council. In addition, overseas doctors involved in surgery will have gained admission to the specialist register of the CMC through a demonstration of their "training equivalence" with United Kingdom trained doctors.
The providing company's insurance company will have carried out due diligence checks on each registered clinician before providing clinical malpractice insurance.
The national health service sponsor of the IS-TC contract will have carried out due diligence on the registration of the clinician.
The Healthcare Commission, in determining the statutory registration status of the IS-TC, will have carried out checks on all clinicians including checks of registration, occupational health checks and Criminal Records Bureau checks.