Hospital Doctor articles from August 2006

Hospital Doctor archives from August 2006

letters.
August 17, 2006... Managers are negligent too Sir, I would like to echo some of the sentiments expressed in the article 'Bringing managers to book for what they do' (20 July, page 25). When is the spotlight going to focus on errors made by politicians and...

ISTC's op systems said to be 'unsafe'.(independent sector treatment centre )
August 17, 2006... treatment centres By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Operating conditions during the first six weeks of an independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) in Sussex were 'demonstratively unsafe' and a 'catastrophic' result for...

Official report on trust take-over a 'whitewash'.
August 17, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk The Audit Commission has been accused of a whitewash over the troubled private management take-over of a Midlands hospital. The involvement of new NHS chief executive David Nicholson has...

NHS funds are private matter.
August 17, 2006... editorial comment Today's front-page exclusive casts more doubt - as if there were not enough - on the Government's view of the private sector as a panacaea for the troubles of the NHS. We heard last week that the bill for management...

How we'd like the NHS to look in the future.
August 17, 2006... Continuing our series, senior figures in health describe their vision of the future of the NHS, including how it should be funded and structured and what care it should deliver. In this article, Steve Webb Dr Maurice Slevin and Mr Nizam...

Less pay for seniors as trust cuts SPAs.(supporting professional activity)
August 17, 2006... working practices By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Consultants at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust are facing the loss of half a supporting professional activity (SPA). The trust has told 165 consultants on the...

Senior doctors not on the specialist register.
August 31, 2006... regulation By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Dozens of the country's most senior consultants are not on the GMC's specialist register because they failed to join it when it was set up in 1996. There are 25...

A 'sea change' in training.
August 31, 2006... The last few years have seen unprecedented changes in medical education. Love them or loathe them, they are hear to stay. Prof Parveen Kumar and Prof Jane Dacre give their views on the implications Gone are the days of didactic lectures...

New work permit scheme welcomed.
August 31, 2006... immigration A new work permit category enabling overseas doctors to train in the UK, providing they return home once training is complete, has been given a cautious welcome. The Medical Training Initiatives (MTI) scheme, which comes...

Clock ticking on professionalism.
August 31, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk For the first time in NHS history, doctors are being asked to clock in and out of their shifts, prompting claims that medics are being de-professionalised. While junior doctors' hours...

A vital lesson on education.
August 31, 2006... editorial comment It is a great pleasure to guest edit this edition of Hospital Doctor devoted to education. I have personally been involved in medical education throughout my career and have experienced 'on the ground' the number of...

Trainees question college's priorities.
August 31, 2006... surgeons By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) is under fire from junior surgeons, who claim it is encouraging trusts to train surgical care practitioners (SCPs) while juniors'...

Pathology services tendered.
August 31, 2006... pathology Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is inviting bidders for a [pounds sterling]20m contract to provide a full range of pathology services - just weeks after Lord Carter's pathology review urged caution over privatisation of the sector....

letters.
August 31, 2006... BMA position will cost us Sir, I was disappointed with Dr Andrew Dearden's comments in relation to the consultation document 'Moving to the Future: the NHS Pension Scheme Review'(3 August, front page). The BMA purports to represent...