Hospital Doctor articles from April 2007

Hospital Doctor archives from April 2007

MTAS must have a public inquiry.(Medical Training Application Service )(Brief article)
April 26, 2007... Hospital Doctor comment The Government of the day rarely allows public inquiries. They are usually reserved for instances involving many deaths, such as the Shipman and Bristol inquiries. Years later, the impact of those events and...

News.
April 26, 2007... No MMC U-turn this year training Elizabeth.Fox@rbi.co.uk There will be no changes to Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) until after specialty training appointments begin, the Government has said. The new review of MMC, which aims to...

Letters to the Editor.
April 26, 2007... Give the new SAS deal a chance Dear Editor The new NHS SAS contact deserves a better reception than it has received. The neutral position of the BMA and its SAS committee is understandable, but this has left the proposed new...

MPs join angry doctors in protest outside Parliament.
April 26, 2007... training Over 500 angry doctors gathered outside the Houses of Parliament this week to protest against the latest medical training reforms. The rally, held on Tuesday 24 April, was attended by numerous MPs including shadow health...

Trust cleared of data 'tampering'.
April 26, 2007... patient records Helen.Gilbert@rbi.co.uk A trust has been cleared of wrong-doing by the Healthcare Commission after allegations that records had been tampered with to achieve the four-hour A&E waiting time target. Mr Robert...

No MMC U-turn this year.(Modernising Medical Careers )
April 26, 2007... training Elizabeth.Fox@rbi.co.uk There will be no changes to Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) until after specialty training appointments begin, the Government has said. The new review of MMC, which aims to 'clarify and strengthen the...

PMETB misses deadline on one in three applications.(Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board )
April 26, 2007... specialist training Elizabeth.Fox@rbi.co.uk The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) has admitted breaching its legal obligation to process applications to the specialist register in almost 200 cases. ...

Time for children.
April 26, 2007... Psychosis, drug abuse and self-harm are among the challenges tackled by a new mental health framework for children and adolescents in young offenders' institutions. Francesca Robinson reports The health needs of children and adolescents in...