Chair appointed in Liverpool Care Pathway review
A GOVERNMENT review into how the Liverpool Care Pathway is being used in practice will be led by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger.
Don’t criminalise drug dependency says BMA
THERE should be a greater focus on reducing the harm caused by illegal drugs rather than criminalising users says a new BMA report published this month.
"Phase-down" of dental amalgam
A COMPLETE phase-out of dental amalgam is not on the cards after a new UN treaty on mercury pollution calls for "phase-down" over an appropriate period of time.
Patients to rate doctors on service
PATIENTS are to be given the power to rate the service provided by their doctor under new plans announced by the prime minister.
Doctors to help protect vulnerable children
HOSPITAL doctors are to have access to a new system to help them identify victims of child abuse, the government has announced.
Call to curb aggressive marketing in cosmetic surgery
TIGHTER restrictions on aggressive marketing ploys to attract cosmetic surgery patients are among the responses to a Call for Evidence in a Government review of regulations for cosmetic interventions.
BDA expresses concern over online patient feedback
NHS Choices allows serious but unsubstantiated anonymous allegations to be made about dental practitioners and is often too slow in moderating inappropriate comments, according to the BDA.
Bid to improve medical training
PROPOSALS to approve trainers for postgraduate medical training from 2013 in a bid to improve standards have been put out for consultation by the General Medical Council.
Medical training should be more flexible
MEDICAL training should be more flexible to allow junior doctors to switch specialties and develop skills in other disciplines.
New specialty recruitment system delayed
A NATIONAL system to manage UK specialty recruitment has been delayed until 2013.