article_snippet.sent: Instead, all that is required is that the person doing the operation is qualified as a doctor of some sort.
article_snippet.sent: At the moment, anybody who has a basic doctor’s qualification could in theory go off and spend a few hours or a couple of days learning how to use the kit and set off giving treatment.
article_snippet.sent: And with those who trained abroad, it’s even more difficult to establish levels of expertise in specific treatments.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman said that while in theory the operation could be done by someone who is registered as a doctor but does not have further qualifications, the likelihood of this happening is ‘very, very negligible’.