Hospital Doctor articles from August 2005

Hospital Doctor archives from August 2005

Shifting views on night work.(hospitals services at night time)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... editorial comment Evaluating the Hospital at Night (HAN) project is not easy (see page 12). In some hospitals, usually the better staffed ones, excellent care is being delivered by flexible, multidisciplinary teams meeting all the...

Clocking on.(night service of doctors for juniors vocational guidance)
August 18, 2005... There are mixed feelings about the Hospital at Night project. Consultants are facing the prospect of more night work while juniors are hoping it will provide them with extra training time. Anna Barlow asks doctors about the impact it will have...

DoH plan attacked on detail.(Department of Health)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... nhs provision Doctors' leaders have warned that the Department of Health (DoH) Forward Plan, released last week, could be very demanding for the health service. A key focus of the plan, which outlines the DoH's work for the coming year, is...

Doctors want funds ; for top-up training.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... training By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Doctors fear there will be no extra funding to give staff and associate specialist (SAS) and locum doctors training directed by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board...

Unemployment figures spark row with BMA.(British Medical Association survey report)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... juniors A spat has developed between the BMA and the Department of Health (DoH) over the extent of unemployment among junior doctors. Last week the DoH publicly claimed there were in fact only 122 unemployed PRHOs, and that the BMA had...

[pounds sterling]243m training boost 'won't solve job crisis'.(government funds for medical practice)
August 18, 2005... By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Deanery funding across England has increased by seven-and-a-half per cent this year to reach [pounds sterling]3.5bn, representing real growth over and above inflation. The [pounds sterling]243m...