Fresh call for changes to EWTD
SENIOR medical groups have called for changes to the compensatory rest element of the European Working Time Directive and how the directive applies to on-call time.
Private schools yield quarter of medical and dental students
MORE than a quarter of medical and dental students come from a tiny proportion of UK private schools, official figures show.
NICE promotes increased HIV testing
New NICE guidance promotes routine HIV testing to help reduce undiagnosed infection and prevent transmission among back African communities living in England.
Doctors as managers – new GMC consultation
How do doctors deliver good patient care in a time of economic restraint? This is just one of the questions being asked in a GMC consultation on its updated guidance, Good Management Practice: guidance for all doctors.
GMC seeks views on new tribunal service
DOCTORS are being asked their views on GMC plans to create a new tribunal service to run doctors’ hearings.
GP suspensions ‘twice as long’ as hospital sector
GP suspensions from work last around twice as long as those in the hospital and community sector, new NCAS figures show.
Case study - Persistent headache
Medical case study
Just a minute of your time, doctor
2011 will see the new UK Bribery Act come into force, meaning an even closer eye on the cherished freebie
Frontline medicine
A career in the armed forces offers GPs the unique combination of job security, adventure and foreign travel.
A private matter?
MDDUS medico-legal adviser Dr Susan Gibson-Smith considers when it’s okay to disclose patient details without consent