MDDUS welcomes parliamentary report urging action on clinical negligence costs
MDDUS has welcomed the publication of a report by the Public Accounts Committee urging the Government to take bolder and more effective action to prevent the costs of clinical negligence claims "spiralling out of control".
MDDUS welcomes GMC report and steps taken to improve efficiency
The General Medical Council (GMC) has today published The state of medical education and practice 2017, which identifies some of the challenges facing the medical profession.
GMC says medical profession at “crunch point”
MEDICAL practice in the UK is at "a crunch point" warns the GMC, with the number of doctors on the medical register having grown by only 2 per cent since 2012 despite sharply increased patient demand.
Most suspected cancer patients referred “promptly”
AN analysis of newly diagnosed cancer patients found that most were promptly referred from primary care, with a median interval of five days.
Increase in number of female trainees
THE number of female doctors in training increased again last year, although overall growth is slowing down, new figures show.
New law on inadvertent dispensing errors
LEGISLATION to introduce a new defence around inadvertent dispensing errors by pharmacists has been approved by Parliament.
Crown claim
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The digital dentist
App developer and dentist Ben Underwood talks to SoundBite about his hi-tech approach to improving oral health
The dental chaperone
Dental adviser Rachael Bell explains the many benefits of working alongside a chaperone or chairside assistant