GDC appoints new panel members to increase hearing capacity
THE GDC have appointed 51 new fitness to practise panel members to help increase hearing capacity and to clear a backlog of cases.
Doctors fearful of reporting colleagues
ONE in three UK doctors not reporting underperforming colleagues avoids doing so out of fear of retribution, a survey has found.
Audit reveals surprising level of misdiagnosis in diabetes
Over 4 per cent of people diagnosed with diabetes were found either to not have the disease or to have been classified with the wrong type in an audit cited in a new report by the Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS Diabetes.
Research suggests new tack in identifying childhood meningitis
Red flag symptoms including neck pain or stiffness and photophobia are more indicative of childhood meningitis than headache, pallor and cool peripheries.