Treat on need not eligibility
Make the care of the patient your first concern when dealing with asylum seekers and undocumented migrants.
Hard to swallow - dental case study
...Mr F drops a small metal instrument which slips down the patient’s throat. He finishes the root treatment and then immediately refers Miss D to hospital with a note explaining what has happened...
Deaneries will NOT be abolished, says minister
POSTGRADUATE deaneries will not be abolished under the government’s health reforms despite previous proposals, health minister Andrew Lansley has said.
Foundation programme 2012 oversubscribed
JUNIOR doctors looking for jobs in 2012 face uncertainty after it was announced the foundation programme is oversubscribed.
More doctors and dentists suspended, but for shorter periods
THE number of doctors and dentists in England excluded or suspended from work has increased over the past five years, but the length of bans imposed has decreased, new figures show.
Part-time trainees must work half of full-time hours
JUNIOR doctors in less than full time training (LTFT) must work at least half the hours worked by those in full time training, the General Medical Council has announced.
Majority against regulating doctors' lives outside medicine
A survey has found that 94 per cent on the general public do not think the GMC should regulate doctors' private lives outside medicine.
Is your patient going abroad for dental treatment?
Dentists are facing a growing number of patients who come to them after receiving inadequate treatment abroad according to new figures.
Record number of GMC complaints in 2010
The number of GMC complaints against doctors reached its highest level ever in 2010 along with a record number of investigations and fitness to practise hearings.
EU rules putting patients at risk
Current rules which allow healthcare professionals to practise throughout the EU pose an unacceptable risk to the safety of patients according to a new Parliamentary report published this month.