Top applicants get first chance of jobs
THE top scoring applicants to the foundation programme have been placed on a “primary” list for UK jobs.
Trainees criticise “failing” foundation programme
FOUNDATION year doctors are not given enough exposure to emergency medicine and believe incompetent trainees are not identified by the assessment system, according to new research.
Few dental patients complain
ONLY two per cent of dental patients complained or considered making a formal complaint about a dental professional during the last 12 months according to a survey conducted on behalf of the GDC.
GMC issues guidance on assisted suicide
THE GMC has set out new guidelines for investigators considering fitness to practise proceedings against doctors alleged to have helped a person to die.
Language test for doctors
DOCTORS who want to treat NHS patients will have to prove they can speak good English.
Doctors should seek guidance before whistleblowing
Doctors who have concerns about colleagues over patient safety issues should act swiftly and seek advice.
Concern over sale of unlicensed medicines in UK
UNLICENSED medicines from Poland and other Eastern European countries are increasingly being sold in UK shops according to reports by the MHRA.
Less than 40 winks
Trainee doctors often don’t get enough rest. New FYi editor Dr Anne Parfitt-Rogers looks at the impact of sleep deprivation
What are you wearing?
Is it a positive thing that doctors now dress less formally or were the days of white coats and smart suits the era of true medical professionalism?