Support to help more doctors become GPs
HOSPITAL doctors and overseas GPs will be given extra support to work in general practice under new plans from Health Education England.
Scheme to help NHS whistleblowers back into work
NHS whistleblowers are to be offered career coaching and financial advice as part of a pilot scheme to help them back into work.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
Risk: Gift or abuse of trust?
It's a common dilemma for clinicians – when are “tokens of gratitude” more than just that and is it ever really okay to accept a gift from a patient?
Book choice: I contain multitudes
Older patients’ families struggle to complain about poor hospital care
THE families of older hospital patients find it difficult to complain about poor care with more than two-thirds feeling their complaint made no difference, according to a new survey.
New dental tool to fight inappropriate prescribing
A NEW resource aims to reduce inappropriate dental prescribing by sharing data from across the UK.
Sign up for MDDUS dental training day
SPACES are still available for an MDDUS training day highlighting common pitfalls in dental practice.
Bowel cancer death rate drops 30 per cent
THE bowel cancer death rate has fallen by 30 per cent in the last 20 years, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
Conflicts of interest statement for healthcare professionals
DOCTORS and dentists should refuse “all but the most trivial gifts” from patients, according to a joint statement on conflicts of interest.