Take Care Now
Take Care Now was an independent provider of Out-of-hours services in England. The company had contracts in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney, and Worcester.
Civil action against the company
[edit]In May 2009, civil legal action was begun against Take Care Now after a locum doctor, Daniel Ubani recruited by TCN, through a locum agency, was convicted of manslaughter for giving a patient an overdose of morphine.[1] He had flown into the UK the day before his 12-hour Cambridgeshire shift for Take Care Now and had only had a few hours' sleep.[2] A spokeswoman for the Care Quality Commission said: ""We are aware of a number of concerns in relation to out-of-hours care provided by Take Care Now to the NHS."[3]
Demise
[edit]Take Care Now has been taken over by Harmoni and is now trading as Suffolk Integrated Healthcare.
References
[edit]- ^ "Exhausted relief doctor gave patient fatal dose". TheGuardian.com. 4 May 2009.
- ^ "Dr Daniel Ubani: No UK extradition over patient death". BBC News. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Watchdog to probe patient death". 4 May 2009.