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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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25,000 doctors successfully reviewed in first year of checks
In its first year of operation the new system of checks for doctors practising in the UK has seen nearly 25,000 doctors have their...
