GP triage service for A&E
NHS England aims to have GP walk-in triage services in all hospital A&Es by next Christmas to address increasing demand, according to chief executive Simon Stevens.
Junior doctors urged to raise training concerns
JUNIOR doctors are being urged by the General Medical Council to report concerns with their training programme.
Dentistry and medicine top for ethnic diversity
DENTISTRY is the second most ethnically diverse occupation in England and Wales, with medicine in fourth place.
Mandatory NHS service proposed
A CONSULTATION from the Department of Health is proposing a requirement for newly trained doctors in England to work a minimum term of possibly over five years in the NHS.
Treat severe sepsis within one hour
PATIENTS showing symptoms of severe sepsis should be treated within one hour, according to a new draft quality standard from NICE.
MDDUS welcomes government debate on indemnity
MDDUS welcomes today’s planned Westminster Hall debate on GP indemnity costs in England and believes reform is needed to protect patients and healthcare professionals.
MDDUS urges Lord Chancellor to pause the discount rate change - and advises the Scottish Government to learn from UK mistakes
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments further on the impact on the NHS and individual clinicians in general following the Lord Chancellor’s decision to reduce the discount rate.
Book choice: A is for arsenic
The poisons of Agatha Christie
Insight Spring Q1 2017 puzzle solution
Solution to Insight Spring Q1 2017 crossword puzzle
Compensation reform will lead to significant legal cost rise in England
THE Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss, has today announced a cut to the discount rate applied to personal injury claims from 2.5 per cent to minus 0.75 per cent. The effect will be an increase in the size of compensation payments, leading to significant new costs for the NHS and medical defence organisations (MDOs), such as MDDUS.