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
editIn 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
editTake 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.