Hospital Doctor articles from April 2006

Hospital Doctor archives from April 2006

Should cost dictate working practices?
April 13, 2006... Hospital trusts are increasingly transferring secretarial work to transcription services outside Europe in a bid to save costs. But there is evidence that this leads to increased workload for those left to sort out the mistakes. Janis Smy talks...

Access to flexible jobs urged for all.(Deans prioritizing )(Brief article)
April 13, 2006... flexible working By Liz Fox elizabeth.fox@rbi.co.uk Deaneries must stop giving doctors with children priority for sought-after flexible training posts, junior doctors have said. Delegates at the BMA's Junior Members Forum...

Private hospital to set up unit at UCLH.
April 13, 2006... services By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk A private hospital is to set up a blood cancer centre inside an NHS foundation hospital in a ground-breaking joint venture. At the time of going to press, HCA International,...

letters.(Letter to the editor)
April 13, 2006... GMC has not altered at all Sir, I have to take issue with Mr Finlay Scott and his assertions (2 March, page 14) about improving the behaviour of the GMC. He claims: 'It became clear . . . that we were becoming inappropriately involved, or...

Seniors slashed by up to a tenth.(Shortage of specialties in future)
April 13, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Numbers of hospital medical staff will drop by ten per cent over the next three years, a senior adviser on health policy predicts. Prof Nick Bosanquet, special adviser on expenditure to...

Leaders split.
April 13, 2006... proposed changes to the consultant grade are creating controversy The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) president has been accused by senior clinicians of backing Gov-ernment plans for a sub-consultant grade. Prof Sir Alan...

New work permit rule 'will hit O&G'.(Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
April 20, 2006... workforce By Liz Fox elizabeth.fox@rbi.co.uk The Royal College of Obstetri-cians and Gynaecologists is the latest to accuse the Government of introducing new immigration rules for overseas doctors too quickly. As one of the...

The gold standard.(Mark Goldman, the man of achievement from National Health Service)
April 20, 2006... Ever thought of turning from medicine to management, and felt you could do a better job than the incumbents? Liz Fox speaks to former surgeon Mark Goldman, who now heads one of the country's most successful NHS trusts, about life after theatre...

High Court overturns disciplinary rulings.(Doctors illegal medical examination)
April 20, 2006... legal By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk The High Court has re-instated two consultants after one was temporarily removed from the register and another fired by his trust. The court overturned the GMC's six-month...

Where are all the leaders?(Leadership skills empower doctors)
April 20, 2006... editorial comment It's open day on the medical profession. Each week brings more anti-doctor headlines. Many are focusing on the same thing - doctors of all descriptions are overpaid. Someone has done a very good job of shifting the blame...

letters.(Letter to the editor)
April 20, 2006... Seniors made scapegoats Sir, I, like many other colleagues, am disappointed by the pay award, which is effectively a pay cut ('Consultants to work to rule in pay protest', 6 April, page 3). It fails to reward consultants for the last...

More training proposed for CCT holders.(Certificates of Completion)(Brief article)
April 20, 2006... training Doctors should take modules of higher specialist training after gaining their certificates of completion of training (CCTs), an Academy of Medical Royal Colleges subcommittee is proposing. Emergence of junior or sub-consultant...

BMA committees square up.(British Medical Association)(Brief article)
April 20, 2006... bma The BMA's Staff and Associate Specialist Committee (SASC) has accused the seniors committee of undermining it after it put out controversial guidance to consultants on giving references. SAS doctors must supply five consultant...

Audit shows ISTC failures.(Independent Sector Treatment Centres)
April 20, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk More damning evidence of poor quality patient care in independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) has emerged in the face of Government denials that such evidence exists. An audit...