Tameside General Hospital Doctor’s Mess
42 inch full sky TV with movies and sports subscriptions; two broadband computers; lockers available at monthly cost; pool and ping pong table; shower...
Working part-time: a guide
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...
Protecting your finances from harm
As a junior doctor, it could be easy to dismiss the prospect of being unable to work because of illness or injury as something...
Standing up for patient safety
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...
Top five eccentric medical inventors
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...
Work experience
“Are you ‘with it’ enough to do photocopying?” That was just one of the questions I was asked on my first ever day of...
How to run a quality improvement project
Effecting change in the NHS as a junior doctor can be a daunting experience. With limited power, influence and time it can seem an...
The Francis Report
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...
Independent review of MRCGP exam results
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...
Junior docs today more likely to work closer to home
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...
APLICATIONS
The waiting
Was my dream of becoming a doctor over? Having finished all my interviews, I felt as though I hadn’t expressed my true self and...
