MDDUS appoints former lord advocate to board
THE Board of MDDUS has agreed to appoint Dame Elish Angiolini QC as a non-executive director with a view to her taking up her appointment in the Spring.
Patients at risk from trainees’ long hours
SOME trainee doctors are still working nearly 100 hours a week which could be putting patients at risk, the General Medical Council has warned.
Quarter of graduates make GP first choice
ONLY a quarter of medical graduates say general practice is their first choice of specialty amid concerns over a workforce shortfall.
Top applicants get first chance of jobs
THE top scoring applicants to the foundation programme have been placed on a “primary” list for UK jobs.
Trainees criticise “failing” foundation programme
FOUNDATION year doctors are not given enough exposure to emergency medicine and believe incompetent trainees are not identified by the assessment system, according to new research.
Few dental patients complain
ONLY two per cent of dental patients complained or considered making a formal complaint about a dental professional during the last 12 months according to a survey conducted on behalf of the GDC.
GMC issues guidance on assisted suicide
THE GMC has set out new guidelines for investigators considering fitness to practise proceedings against doctors alleged to have helped a person to die.
Language test for doctors
DOCTORS who want to treat NHS patients will have to prove they can speak good English.
Concern over sale of unlicensed medicines in UK
UNLICENSED medicines from Poland and other Eastern European countries are increasingly being sold in UK shops according to reports by the MHRA.
GPs quick to refer suspected cancer
GPs refer more than 80 per cent of suspected cancer cases within two consultations, new research has revealed.