A hospital has sparked controversy by seeking to recruit an advanced clinical practitioner to fill a consultant’s job in emergency medicine, it has been revealed in Doctors.net Blackpool Teaching Hospitals…
An anaesthetist who raised concerns about a colleague who was self-medicating was subject to a battery of complaints by a hospital management that went on to order fingerprinting of a…
Senior GPs have called for a national inquiry after new complaints that patients are heading to emergency departments because they cannot get appointments. GPs say they have been working harder…
Photo by Luis Melendez on Unsplash Doctors in a survey have unanimously rejected proposals to create an apprenticeship-style scheme as an alternative way of training doctors. Members of the Doctors’ Association UK have…
Many medical students have faced the prospect of final year failure because of teething troubles with a new online assessment system, campaigners have warned. Some students have found the situational judgement tests prematurely terminated because of technical difficulties – or because of, alleged, minor infractions of rules, the Doctors’ Association revealed.
Many practices feel unready for the second COVID-19 wave with concerns about protective equipment and premise management, according to a new survey of GPs. The findings led one medical organisation…
Many overseas doctors continue to struggle with immigration issues - even as the NHS needs all its resources to tackle the pandemic third wave, campaigners have warned. The Doctors’ Association…
