Rules for LAT recruitment clarified
GUIDANCE aimed at making it easier to identify vacancies for locum appointment for training (LAT) posts has been published.
GMC fee frozen for new doctors
THE provisional registration fee paid by newly qualified doctors has been frozen at £90 this year, the General Medical Council has announced.
Nearly half of population in England take prescription drugs
HALF of women and 43 per cent of men in England now regularly take prescription drugs according to a health survey published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
Non-medics can supervise public health placements
SUITABLY trained non-medics can act as clinical supervisors in public health placements, it has been confirmed.
GMC fee rise
DOCTORS with a licence to practise in the UK will pay an extra £30 in annual fees to the GMC from April 2015.
Patients avoid considering cancer
PATIENTS may often delay consulting with GPs over early cancer "alarm symptoms" attributing these to less serious causes according to a recent study.
Income link in oral health
A STUDY by researchers in Newcastle has found that oral health is markedly worse among the poorest 20 per cent of British society compared with the richest.
Rise in out-of-work F2 doctors
THE number of doctors who finished foundation training but could not find a job has increased, a new report shows.
New style CQC inspections to start in April
NEW style GP inspection teams plan to visit all 8,000 practices in England over two years from April 2014, the Care Quality Commission announced this month.
Almost 150 “never events” recorded in six months
FOREIGN objects left inside surgical patients and wrong-site surgery were the most common “never events” recorded by NHS trusts in England.