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Foreign GPs will face English language test
Doctors with a "poor grasp" of English will be prevented from working for the NHS, health secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to say.
He will tell the Conservative Party conference he has an "absolute commitment" to patient safety and that GPs will be vetted to ensure their language skills do not compromise this.
This follows the death of a man treated by a German locum GP in 2008. More
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