DAUK Medical Students help support launch of the #LiveableNHSBursary campaign, as MANCUNION reports
The four founders of the campaign: Top Left: Penny, Top Right: Trisha, Bottom Left: Michaela, Bottom Right: Eilidh. The #LiveableNHSBursary campaign was created by Eilidh to help raise awareness about…
May 6, 2022
DAUK agree it is time for change: widening participation in the UKFPO foundation programme
A total of 791 final year medical students were placed on the reserve list for the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) last week, after not being allocated a placement for FY1.1 This…
March 17, 2022
This is going to Hurt, but the way international healthcare workers in the NHS are treated will leave you heartbroken, says DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Babul Hossain
he BBC’s adaptation of Adam Kay’s best-selling book This is Going to Hurt, which shows the stark reality of how it feels to work in the NHS, aired last week. The seven-parter…
February 16, 2022
DAUK comment on NHS waiting lists to keep rising despite Covid recovery plan
The Doctors’ Association UK criticised the plan for “soundbite generation” rather than “coherently and realistically” addressing workforce planning. You can read the full article here.
February 16, 2022
Dr Matthew Bigwood, an anaesthetist and DAUK member, comments on ending free PCR and lateral flow tests ‘ putting lives at risk’, as scientists warn
Reducing the use of PCR tests will compromise the UK’s capacity to detect new coronavirus variants and put lives at risk, leading scientists have warned. The Government is expected to…
February 16, 2022
Our children are sitting ducks, says DAUK’s Dr Louise Hyde
Children are not meant to die, so when people say the risk of a child dying of Covid-19 is very small, then yes, it absolutely should be. Unfortunately, we’ve been letting…
February 3, 2022