When did it all go so wrong? It’s still dark on the long drive home from the night shift. It might be freezing but all my windows are down, in…
A recent Doctors’ Association survey found that more than 1,000 doctors have seriously considered quitting this year, with 45 per cent of those asked citing the crisis’ impact on their mental health. Gruelling 12-hour shifts, exhaustion and burnout are also leading growing numbers of nurses to quit within three years of joining the profession.
The Doctors' Association UK are hearing every day that staff on the frontline feel that they are being desperately pitched against each other in order to receive the vaccine.We hear…
Matt Hancock has announced all future GP consultations in England should be done remotely over the phone or video unless there is a “compelling” clinical reason for in-person appointments.
Dr Rinesh Parmar, chair of the Doctor’s Association UK, said the health secretary’s announcement “is certainly not the wonder drug to cure the ills of general practice”, adding: “Whilst it may be convenient way for some patients to fit in appointments around busy schedules, remote appointments will almost certainly be a barrier for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and impoverished in society”.
Boris Johnson has failed to say when his promise to scrap NHS fees paid by foreign health and care workers will come into force – almost one month after it was announced.
his week, it was revealed that hundreds of doctors are still being charged the £400 annual fee, a sum due to soar from to £624 from this October.
Dr Dolin Bhagawati, of Doctors' Association UK, said: “These workers are paying up to four times over for the NHS – through their service, taxes, this surcharge and, in some tragic cases, with their lives.
Almost half of healthcare workers questioned as part of a survey by the Doctors’ Association UK said they had been effectively gagged from raising concerns. Some 47% of respondents said they had been told not to raise the issue on social media. A similar number said they had been warned about speaking to the press during the pandemic.
Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden tell the Independent that by not considering national provision of PPE and ever-changing guidance we fail to hold the government to account, and risk holding local hospitals and GPs accountable for a situation out of their control.
