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Workforce planners warn of funding cuts for specialist training
By Francesca Robinson - 28th August 2010
Financial pressures on the NHS are likely to hit funding for specialist training warns a report from the Centr ...
Consultant "didn't break data protection rules"
By Francesca Robinson - 28th August 2010
A senior diabetes consultant who was sacked for gross misconduct after faxing patient records from her hospita ...
Religious beliefs shape end-of-life decisions
By Mike Broad - 27th August 2010
Atheist or agnostic doctors are almost twice as willing to take decisions that they think will hasten the end ...
Review of Clinical Excellence Awards launched
By Mike Broad - 21st August 2010
The government is to review the Clinical Excellence Awards system across the UK with a view to making them mor ...
CEAs are slashed for the highest performers
By Mike Broad - 11th August 2010
The number of clinical excellence awards handed out nationally has been halved in the 2010 round. Only 317 na ...
Union threatens legal action over white paper
By Mike Broad - 11th August 2010
Public sector union Unison is preparing to take legal action against the government over the white paper Equit ...
"Government should ban strikes by NHS staff"
By Mike Broad - 9th August 2010
The government may have to ban strikes by NHS workers, an influential employers group has said. It comes as ...
Telemedicine requires better regulation
By Mike Broad - 5th August 2010
Telemedicine should be regulated like all other forms of medicine and should meet the same safety standards, t ...
'No win no fee' lawyers grow negligence claims
By Francesca Robinson - 4th August 2010
Personal injury lawyers are being blamed for soaring clinical negligence claims which are spiralling at the ra ...
Working Time Directive is "spectacular failure"
By Mike Broad - 1st August 2010
Surgeons' representatives have called the working time directive "a spectacular failure" following new researc ...
Calls to improve care of elderly with broken hips
BBC Health - 2nd September 2010
Bloodgate doctor can practise despite failings
BBC Health - 1st September 2010
GP referrals on the rise again, DoH figures show
Pulse - 31st August 2010
Burnham urges Lib Dems to oppose Tory reforms
The Guardian - 30th August 2010
NHS sees ninefold increase in bariatric surgery
The Guardian - 30th August 2010
Government confirms plan to scrap NHS Direct
BBC Health - 28th August 2010
Bloodgate doctor did not act in "player's interests"
The Guardian - 28th August 2010
Dr Ubani's gagging order application rejected
Healthcare Republic - 28th August 2010
SHAs and PCTs spend £300m on consultancy
BBC Health - 24th August 2010
Media bashing may erode trust in the profession
Healthcare Republic - 24th August 2010