A city which few can pronounce and even fewer can locate may not sound the ideal location for a few days retreat after MRCPs. Surprisingly though, Ljubljana is the hidden gem of the new EU accession states.

It’s got more museums than anywhere else in Europe, is packed with riverside bars and restaurants, the locals speak English - and where else can you return to Monday’s ward round having spent the weekend in prison and enjoyed it!

The objective of this checklist is to make sure that the systems in place for the management of controlled drugs (CD) are compliant with the requirements of the current legislation and are applied by all members of the Primary Health Care Team.

People searching the web for suicide help are more likely to find sites encouraging them rather than offering support, says a study published in the BMJ. Many professionals are now supporting calls for sites like these to be banned in the UK. Michelle Connolly looks at the rise of pro-suicide websites, the people who use them and arguments for their existence.

For reasons of National Security, ‘Mr Smith’ would not give me his real name. However, he informed me that he was “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.

He was of slim build, blue-grey eyes, a “cruel” mouth and short, black hair. There was a faint scar of the Cyrillic letter “?” on his hand – which he informed me came from Russia “with love”. On the surface, he appears to be a healthy, attractive man.