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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...
Teaching
FY2 Dr Mikey Bryant is in Sierra Leone with healthcare charity Mercy Ships. He has been volunteering in a children’s clinic for a year...
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JuniorDr is a free distribution magazine produced by doctors for the UK's Medical Students, Foundation Year Trainees, Specialist Trainees, GP Trainees and Specialist...
New private medical school opens for applicants
A new self-funded undergraduate medical degree programme by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) will take its first set of students in September 2014.
The...
Having a baby as a junior doctor
Experiencing the pitter patter of tiny feet is a life changing, challenging and wonderful experience but how do you manage it if you are...
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£41m waste on electricity
The NHS in England wasted £41.4 million last year simply by paying more than it should for energy and water, according...
Advice on working overseas
For adventurous junior doctors there are plenty of opportunities to work overseas - from locum placements in the coastal towns of Australia to volunteering...
Don’t pressure juniors to train longer, says BMA
Proposals to allow greater training flexibility must not pressure junior doctors to opt out of working-time rules, the BMA warns.
It warned opting out of...
Acute Hospital Care On The Brink Of Collapse, Warns RCP
The demand on clinical services is increasing to the point where acute care cannot keep pace in its current form, says the RCP in...
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Flying doctors down under
An overseas OOPE in aeromedical retrieval
When Dr Aarjan Snoek wanted to develop his skills leading a multidisciplinary team in the management of critically ill...
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Consent for end of life decisions
Patients who are approaching the end of their life have the same entitlement to high quality care as other patients, and the GMC clearly...
National NHS Pay Agreements Should Be Dropped, Says Think Tank
The NHS should scrap the current nation- al pay agreements for doctors and replace them with local and performance-related agreements, says leading think tank...
Buying your first home
Financial planning for a new home should begin even before you start looking through the property pages. In this article Wesleyan Medical Sickness gives...
