The good doctor - practical advice for trainees
Do you know what it takes to be a good doctor? The General Medical Council has some practical new advice for trainees
Taking the next step - from F1 to F2
Get ready to transition from F1 to F2 with these practical tips from the UK Foundation Programme Office
Professional boundaries: A step too far?
Maintaining appropriate boundaries with patients is key for doctors – but sometimes the right course of action is not so clear. Dr Naeem Nazem offers some advice
Career in histopathology: Detecting disease
Histopathology involves more than peering down a microscope…
Dental patients resort to A&E
THE cost of dental patients attending for treatment at hospital A&Es could be ten times government estimates, according to new research.
GDC to “support and empower” dental profession
PREVENTION will form the focus of activity at the General Dental Council as the regulator promises a system that is fairer for dental professionals and safer for patients.
GPs not best placed in A&E, says RCGP
PROPOSALS to place GPs in emergency departments to treat patients with minor illnesses could actually increase pressure on A&E services.
Surgical infection
...Mr K later re-attends the district nurse and she phones Dr R to report that the knee is now hot and swollen and the sutures have burst in two places – but the patient is weight-bearing...
Off the register
A lapsed professional registration is not worth the trouble to you or your staff.
Appointment of MDDUS non-executive directors
MDDUS is looking to appoint two new non-executive members to its Board.