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The Everest Test was to take place on a plateau next to Everest Base Camp at 5200m above sea level. The idea was to haul 30 players, three umpires, 10 supporters, an artificial wicket...

The South Island of New Zealand is an adventurer’s playground showcasing the best that nature has to offer, with towering Alps, majestic fjords and sounds, and rugged coastlines merging into sweeping plains. Where else in...

In October 2012 three junior doctors set off with the aim of driving Tess, their 1992 Land Rover Defender, from Cornwall, their home and place of work, to Cape Town. At the time of writing,...

Public satisfaction with the NHS stabilised last year after a record fall in 2011, according to British Social Attitudes survey data published by The King’s Fund. Satisfaction with the way the NHS runs now stands...

Worries over intercalation Medical schools expect intercalation numbers to fall over the coming years. The BMA conference of medical academic representatives heard there was anecdotal evidence of a decreasing interest from students taking a year...

A target of 50% of all medical students becoming GPs has been announced by Health Education England (HEE) as part of its mandate for NHS staff training and education. HEE is the new public body...

Patients who have elective surgery at the end of the week or at the weekend have a greater risk of death, according to a study published in the BMJ. The research by Imperial College London...

Half of all formal patient complaints concern just 3% of doctors, with 1% accounting for a quarter of all complaints, according to research published in BMJ Quality & Safety. The study in Australia of 19,000...

Junior doctor rest rooms have been brought back into use at Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust following concerns raised by junior doctors at the BMA conference. The trust re-introduced the facilities for doctors to...

Over half of junior doctors (58.5%) work beyond their agreed hours, and one in five say handover arrangements are either informal or absent in their organisation. The concerns come from the GMC’s annual survey of...