New safety standards to avoid “never events”
NEW national safety standards have been published in a bid to avoid so-called “never events” in NHS surgical care.
Full patient record access by 2016
PATIENTS should be able to access their full GP medical records online by 2016, the health secretary has announced.
New service to help stressed GPs
GPs suffering from stress and burnout will be able to access a nationally-specified occupational health service in England from 2016.
Registration opens for FP 2015
REGISTRATION for the 2015 foundation training programme is now open.
Trainees’ pay drops in past year
TRAINEE doctors in England saw their salary fall by 0.2 per cent in the past year, new figures show.
Plans to widen access to medical careers
A PLAN to encourage a more diverse range of people to train as doctors has been unveiled by Health Education England.
Late stage cancer diagnosis costly
NEARLY half (46 per cent) of cancers in England are diagnosed at an advanced stage when they are harder to treat successfully, according to analysis published by Cancer Research UK.
NHS whistleblowers still facing intimidation
AMONG a dossier of 70 cases involving NHS whistleblowers compiled by the network Patients First, almost half have left the NHS and 79 per cent reported bullying and intimidation.
"No" vote in the Scottish Referendum
AS most members will no doubt be aware, the outcome of yesterday’s Independence Referendum was a vote in favour of Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom. At a political level this marks the start of a period of negotiation on the added powers that are to be devolved to Scotland as indicated by the “Better Together” campaign.
Reduced mortality rate in hip fracture
IMPROVEMENTS in hip fracture care has meant that over 300 fewer patients died in the year 2013 over a comparable period in 2011-12 according to a recent report.