Hospital Dr News
- » One in five doctors feels overwhelmed at work every day, RCP survey reveals
- » Government failed to prepare for a disease like Covid-19, report finds
- » Thousands of excess deaths caused by crowding in Emergency Departments, report finds
- » BMA plans legal action against Government over mishandling of NHS pensions
- » NHS facing shortage of medical consultants as unfilled posts hit ten-year high, data shows
Web News
- » Doctors report 13,000 cancelled operations in UK over two months
- » Nearly 70 Spanish medics Covid positive after Christmas party
- » “NHS patients are dying in back of ambulances stuck outside hospital”
- » PM Johnson outlines new 1.25% health and social care tax to pay for reforms
- » Government gives NHS extra £5.4bn funding to deal with Covid backlog
Dr Blogs
- » The Health and Social Care Levy: reaction from the sector
- » Reaction to waiting times data: NHS will struggle to recover from Covid
- » “Failings of Test and Trace contributed to higher death toll”
- » Sunak’s Budget fails to address the long-term funding needs of the NHS
- » “Coronavirus vaccine an incredible achievement but hurdles remain”
Features
- » Are Irish doctors really protected by the Clinical Indemnity Scheme?
- » Brexit will cause significant harm to NHS, but No-Deal Brexit is worst option
- » More General Medicine on the agenda with launch of IMT programme
- » Radiology: CQC questions lack of agreed best practice and calls for national standards on reporting times
- » State of Care Review: the future of quality in the NHS and social care is precarious
Clinical
- » Little evidence for any direct impact of national cancer policies on short term survival in England
- » Respiratory Medicine: Global rise of multidrug resistant tuberculosis threatens to derail progress
- » Diabetes: care and control for children in England and Wales ‘significantly improved’
- » Palliative Care: Concerns over inconsistency in access and provision across England
- » Zika virus expected to spread across areas of Europe in late spring and summer
Guidance
- » Hospital doctor pay scales for 2018/2019
- » How can doctors make the most of tax allowances at the end of the financial year?
- » Prepare early for retirement from the NHS – a summary guide for doctors
- » NHS nurses, midwives, managers and directors pay scales for 2016/2017
- » Medico-legal expert: new guidance on the instruction of experts in civil claims
Messy Business
- » Guess what added a bit of bite to a large pile of statistics?
- » Quite a funny – if a little inappropriate – joke I heard the other day
- » Want to reduce your surgical infection rate? Simple, get naked in theatre
- » Only one winner in car parking disputes between trusts and consultants
- » Surgeons may not be Machiavellian but there’s proof they’re a little vain