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A growing number of junior doctors are investigating flexible working as a way of achieving a better work-life balance. In this issue foundation doctors Emma Tyson and Ellie Galloway discuss the process of applying...

As a junior doctor, it could be easy to dismiss the prospect of being unable to work because of illness or injury as something that only happens to older colleagues. However, as a doctor,...

Improving patient safety is no doubt at the forefront of everyone's minds following the Francis Inquiry. Charlotte Hudson reflects on the challenges doctors face in ensuring that good quality of care is delivered. The GMC's...

Some of the greatest advances in medicine were spearheaded by some of the most eccentric characters. Ben Chandler reviews his top five eccentric medrepreneurs. HORACE WELLS (1815-1848) Wells was an American dentist with a dislike for...

“Are you ‘with it’ enough to do photocopying?” That was just one of the questions I was asked on my first ever day of work experience at my local hospital. Being only sixteen and...

Effecting change in the NHS as a junior doctor can be a daunting experience. With limited power, influence and time it can seem an almost impossible task. Yet, as a junior doctor we get a...

A BRIEFING FOR JUNIOR DOCTORS Described as the worst UK hospital scandal of recent years, up to 1,200 patients were estimated to have died as a result of poor care at Stafford hospital. The £13 million...

The GMC has commissioned an independent review into the pass rates for different groups taking MRCGP exams this month. It follows concerns about failure rates for doctors who qualified outside the UK or Europe; concerns...

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 new research published in the Journal of the Royal Society...