Rejected petition Push for a change in EU law where doctors can be tested for English language skills

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Due to to EU employment law doctors cannot be tested for basic English speaking skills even if it puts patients lives at risks. Doctors are finding it hard to communicate with patients and misreading other doctors notes. Patients lives are being put at risk and this government seems unwilling to look after the health of the uk population.

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Date submitted 18 September 2011
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