Bridge of Death – Suicides at the Golden Gate
San Franciso's Golden Gate Bridge is not only known as the most photographed structure in the USA but also for it's more intriguing title...
148 new doctors affected by “unacceptable” failures of UKFPO
Doctor and medical student leaders’ have called for immediate support for the 148 medical students who have had their first scheduled job suddenly changed...
Medical Emergencies at 30,000ft
Settling in for a flight is never the same once you've taken the Hippocratic Oath. In the back of your mind is always the...
Deadly serious – coroner’s inquest
An inquest is a fact-finding exercise co-ordinated by the coroner (or procurator fiscal in Scotland), with or without a jury. The objective is to...
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Half of older GPs plan to quit
More than half (54.1%) of all GPs aged 50 and over plan to quit within five years, according...
Complaints Against Doctors Reach Record High
More patients complained about their treatment by UK doctors last year than ever before, according to the latest numbers from the GMC.
The number of...
New GMC guidance for assisted suicide complaints
New guidance on how the General Medical Council (GMC) deals with complaints against doctors who may have helped patients commit suicide has been published.
It...
Physician assistants role to be doubled, says DH
The NHS is to expand the use of ‘physician assistants’ and double the number of training places, the Department of Health in England has...
Maternity pay as a junior doctor
Congratulations on your new arrival! Having a baby can be a wonderful yet stressful time, especially as a junior doctor rotating through different specialities,...
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Coping with illness as a junior doctor
Doctors should be experts in illness but as a group we are notoriously bad at looking after our own health, says JuniorDr's Rosie Puplett....
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Over 7,500 doctors now revalidated
More than 7,500 doctors, including some of the UK’s most senior clinicians, have been revalidated by the General Medical Council (GMC) during the first...
Junior docs today more likely to work closer to home
Today’s generation of junior doctors are more likely than older generations to train and work in the same region as their home, according to...
Top five medicolegal hazards
Good doctors apply clinical knowledge in a way that is legally and ethically correct – but all doctors can slip up. Here are survival...
