Coping with illness as a junior doctor
Doctors should be experts in illness but as a group we are notoriously bad at looking after our own health, says JuniorDr's Rosie Puplett....
JuniorDr Top Tweeters
Whether it's tweeting about lunch in the hospital canteen or sharing ways to improve healthcare, Twitter is quickly becoming the hottest social media platform...
News In Brief
Who you gonna call?
The GMC has launched a new confidential helpline which doctors can call to raise concerns about patient safety. Callers to 0161...
Aomrc: Consultants Must Review Patients At Weekends And Bank Holidays
Patients in hospital should be reviewed by a consultant at least once every 24 hours, including weekends and bank holidays, unless there is a...
2 Per Cent Reduction In Medical Student Places For 2013
Medical student places are to be cut by 2 per cent in 2013 to reduce the risk of unemployment among newly qualified doctors, following...
Visa Reforms Threaten Junior Doctor Training
The BMA has called for urgent help for overseas junior doctors who graduated from UK medical schools and are now facing problems completing specialty...
National NHS Pay Agreements Should Be Dropped, Says Think Tank
The NHS should scrap the current nation- al pay agreements for doctors and replace them with local and performance-related agreements, says leading think tank...
Doctors Launch National Health Action Political Party
Doctors have launched a new political party which aims to put the NHS at the heart of the next general election.
The party, National Health...
University Of Exeter Launches Medical School
A new medical school has been launched at the University of Exeter with the first intake of 130 students expected in September 2013.
Applications have...
1 In 10 Admissions Staff Check Social Media During Shortlisting
Medical students and junior doctors are being warned that their past Twitter and Facebook posts are increasingly being checked as part of shortlisting for...
