It’s been announced by the UK Government that NHS hospitals will no longer provide free car parking to the very staff who have tirelessly kept the NHS running for the past two years. This is wrong and should be reversed asap.
‘Unfolding disaster’: Doctors slam England’s plan to ease restrictions as COVID cases soar
Boris Johnson’s decision to ease remaining coronavirus restrictions in England is prompting growing fear and calls for caution, fueling worries that a surge in infections will strain hospitals and undermine Britain’s economic…
July 22, 2021
GMC urged to learn from racism ruling and stop ‘wasting money’ on costly legal appeal
The GMC should seek to learn from a ruling that it discriminated against a doctor on the grounds of his race rather than 'wasting fee-paying doctors' money' on a costly…
July 22, 2021
Omer Karim case: NHS ethnic minority staff ‘extremely concerned’ over GMC decision to appeal tribunal finding
Groups representing thousands of doctors tell of their “extreme concerns” over a recent tribunal which found the regulator discriminated against a consultant urologist on the grounds of his race. Groups…
July 6, 2021
DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire on NHS data: “Government faces legal challenge over NHS data sharing plan”
The government's plans to combine NHS patients medical records into a single database face a challenge in the courts. Campaigners from five groups are demanding the Department of Health and…
June 4, 2021
Dr. Rosie Shire in Pulse: “Doctors threaten legal action to halt ‘unlawful’ mass GP data extraction”
Doctors, including GPs, have threatened a legal challenge against the Government unless it reverses its ‘unlawful’ plan to carry out the ‘largest seizure of GP data in NHS history’. They…
June 4, 2021
DAUK in Medscape: Medics on the Move
Why are so many doctors thinking of leaving the UK to practise in another country? Our recent Medscape UK Salary and Satisfaction Report suggests 29% are considering working abroad. It's an even…
April 25, 2021