Top 10 tips for presentations
Dr Allan Gaw explains how to impress and engage your audience
Advice: Safe prescribing
New guidance urges more practical advice for trainees in this vital area of clinical practice
Winter pressure equals burnout
PRESSURES in the NHS always increase at this time of year – and so inevitably does the risk of burnout amongst doctors. Long hours and a hard-working culture might seem "all part of the job" but not at the expense of patient safety and personal health.
Sudden decline
...The next day Mr P’s condition further deteriorates and his wife calls for an ambulance. He is breathless and panicky with a tight chest and tachycardia...
Further improvement in lung cancer survival
A NEW report has confirmed a further improvement in survival rates among lung cancer patients, with 37 per cent alive at least one year after diagnosis compared to a rate of 31 per cent in 2010.
MDDUS responds to regulation reform consultation
Responding to the Department of Health consultation Promoting, professionalism, reforming regulation, which canvasses views on amalgamation of the nine existing regulators to form three or four new regulators, MDDUS senior lawyer and practice development manager Joanna Jervis said:
Health staff still avoiding flu jab
JUST under 60 per cent of NHS staff in England had been vaccinated by mid-January despite urgings by Government.
Mortality higher among women post heart attack
A STUDY conducted in Sweden has found that the mortality rate among women in the year after suffering a heart attack is three times higher than that of men.
A&E pressures not down to GP access, study finds
DIFFICULTY in accessing a GP does not lead to increased use of hospital accident and emergency services, according to new research.
Stark figures on child tooth decay prompts call to action
NEARLY 43,000 hospital operations were undertaken to remove teeth in teenagers and children last year – equating to 170 a day – according to new figures highlighted by the Local Government Association (LGA) in England.