NHS must adapt to female workforce, says RCPE
THE NHS must introduce more flexible working patterns to accommodate the increasing number of female doctors, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has said.
English language tests for foreign doctors
Overseas doctors who want to practise in England will face mandatory English language tests under new rules announced today by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
Clinical risk reduction: Acute febrile illness in children
Childhood fever could not be more common – and therein lies the risk says GP and medico-legal expert Dr David Willox
An ethical ending
“End of life care is one topic where I rarely encounter neutrality,” says Deborah Bowman in her regular Ethics column
Mutual aims, mutual protection
The last few years have seen some new providers emerging on the medical indemnity market. Here CEO Professor Gordon Dickson reaffirms some of the core values and strengths of the MDDUS mutual approach
The human factor
Captain Andy Rooney, a pilot with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, describes a “day in the life” – and champions the value of team resource management (TRM) skills in medicine
Vignette: Sir Ronald Ross
Malaria researchers, Sir Ronald Ross - vignette.
Q&A: Dr Nigel Carter, British Dental Health Foundation
Q&A with Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the the British Dental Health Foundation
Virtual training
Adam Campbell explores a range of new developments in gaming and other simulation technologies being used to help train doctors and dentists
MDDUS COMMENTS ON CRITICAL ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS REPORT
The UK-wide medical defence organisation MDDUS has issued a comment on the new Royal College of Surgeons and Department of Health report indicating that the peri-operative care of patients undergoing emergency non-cardiac general surgery is “frequently disjointed, protracted and not always patient centred”.