Climbing on to the property ladder
Whether you’re thinking about climbing onto the housing ladder for the first time, gradually moving up it or buying a property as a buy-to-let investment, it is important to get the right kind of...
Out of programme time
Whether it is for the experience of working abroad or to undertake additional research, an increasing number of doctors are deciding to take time out of training. Some feel a need for greater flexibility...
Third of junior doctors considering career change
Two thirds (65%) of junior doctors chose a career in medicine because they wanted to help people but a third are now thinking of changing career, according to a survey of 357 foundation year...
Strange medical products from animals
Would you ever consider injecting a product taken from a pig’s intestine into a patient then reversing its effects with a syringe full of fish sperm? Believe it or not these are just some...
Hospital doctors least likely to take sick leave of all NHS staff
NHS workers in England took an estimated 9.5 working days off sick last year according to a Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report, which also points to a slight rise in sickness...
Animals in training
Scientific advisor to the government, The Royal Society, claim that virtually every medical achievement in the 20th century relied on the use of animals in some way. Today about 50-100 million vertebrate animals continue...
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 sets out this expectation. You must treat patients and those...
Managing end of life care
Aside from the controversy surrounding the Liverpool Care Pathway, managing end of life care can be a difficult process for junior doctors.
JuniorDr’s Laura James asks Dr Vincent Crosby, palliative medicine consultant at Nottingham University...
High patient demand for GP communication by email
Half of patients would like to communicate with their GP by email but less than two in ten (18%) are able to so at present, according to research by Global Market Insite. A similar...
GMC seeks views on language checks for European doctors
Checks to ensure the English language skills of doctors from Europe are good enough to safely treat patients were revealed by the General Medical Council (GMC) this month. The regulator has launched a three-month...
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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...
