Continued rise in GMC complaints
COMPLAINTS involving doctors’ fitness to practise increased again in 2012 by 18 per cent but the number of panel hearings fell, according to statistics published by the GMC. [News]
GP survey shows bureaucracy up, morale down
BUREAUCRACY and box ticking have increased over the past year said 97 per cent in a recent BMA survey of English GPs.
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Ready for revalidation
All doctors – including specialty trainees – must embrace this new system designed to ensure their fitness to practise
End-of-life or ending life?
Can care extend to hastening death? Dr Niall Cameron considers some key ethical arguments in the debate over assisted suicide
Taking the lead
Dr Maureen Baker takes over as RCGP chair later this year. She tells GPST what makes a good leader and offers her views on the future of general practice
The right time to refer
GPs are coming under increased scrutiny over referral rates and must balance demands to hit targets with satisfying their own clinical judgement
Work in progress
Milan Mehta offers advice on a key element of the MRCGP exam – learning logs and personal development plans
Focus on headache
GPs with special interest in headache offer hope in a debilitating though often neglected condition
Proposed language checks extended
THE GMC will be given new powers to check the English language skills of any doctors before being allowed to practise in the UK under new draft proposals unveiled by the Department of Health.