Hospital Doctor articles from February 2006

Hospital Doctor archives from February 2006

'Just one more' is far too much.(problem of rising numbers of binge drinkers)
February 2, 2006... New licensing laws may be prolonging the agony of dealing with drunks in A&E departments, but the problem of rising numbers of binge drinkers attending such units has been growing steadily worse for some time. Jennifer Veitch reports A...

Doctors told not to sign up to new rules. .
February 2, 2006... disciplinary procedures By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Doctors should not sign documents removing the old disciplinary procedures from their contracts, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association...

'Inequalities' persist in cancer death rate.
February 2, 2006... Cancer plan By Anna Barlow anna.barlow@rbi.co.uk There are still 'stark inequalities' in cancer death rates across the country despite significant progress in provision of cancer services overall, a new report claims. ...

MMC denies responsibility for F2 trainees.(Modernising Medical Careers)(Foundation Year 2)
February 2, 2006... training Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) has denied responsibility for the Foundation Year 2 (F2) curriculum after trainees on pilot schemes told Hospital Doctor about serious flaws in their training. MMC said it's down to the...

Letters 1.(Letter to the Editor)
February 2, 2006... Response to F2 complaints Sir, Last week you ran a letter circulated by a junior doctor [Dr Helen Zaklama] in the foundation year two cohort at the City Hospital Birmingham (Front page, 26 January). The letter claims that the application...

Doctors must shape details.(community based health services)(Editorial)
February 2, 2006... editorial comment The Government has finally unveiled its proposals to make the NHS more accessible in England by shifting services from hospitals into the community. Described as a 'major strategic shift', the white paper states that...

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
February 2, 2006... Be seen to be unconflicted Sir, The article 'Dealing with the pharmaceutical industry' (12 January, page 43), by Dr Leena Mewasingh, which gave advice on relationships between doctors and the pharmaceutical companies, referred to guidance...

'A major strategic shift'.
February 2, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Consultants will have to run their outpatient clinics outside of acute hospitals in future, or face losing them to less qualified staff. Over the next decade, five per cent of NHS...

Community hospitals resuscitated by DoH.
February 2, 2006... PCTs considering shutting cottage hospitals have been urged to think again by the DoH, and told there will be more opportunities for private sector involvement in community provision. The last decade has seen the closure of many community...

Doubts cast over single room plan.
February 9, 2006... Hospital design By Lisa Hitchen lisa.hitchen@rbi.co.uk A Kent hospital is trail-blazing the controversial idea of 100 per cent single rooms for NHS hospitals. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is in the finals stages of...

Referrals management sparks 'major concern'.(clinical advice and liaison service-CALS, and its risk factors)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2006... referrals Primary care trusts (PCTs) in Oxfordshire are the latest of many to install a referral management centre with the aim of reducing elective GP referrals to secondary care by up to 20 per cent. New guidance from the BMA's GP...

Ethnic minority plan could be 'a gimmick'.(netmentor,a plan for doctors from ethnic group to reach senior positions)
February 9, 2006... Mentoring By Anna Barlow anna.barlow@rbi.co.uk Doctors from ethnic minorities have warned that a new NHS mentoring scheme will be nothing more than a gimmick if it is not implemented properly. NetMentor, set up to help...

Cost cuts will increase waits.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2006... editorial comment Let me get this straight. Over the past nine years, the Government has been throwing money at the NHS with the chief aim of slashing waiting times. And then, just when it looks like they might be getting somewhere,...

Deaneries chairman backs F2 standards.
February 9, 2006... training The chairman of the Confer-ence of Postgraduate Medical Deaneries (COPMeD) has defended the quality of training on foundation year 2 (F2) pilot schemes. Many F2 trainees are extremely worried about standards of training and...

Inquiry fiasco has left child research in cold.
February 9, 2006... When paediatric research was thwarted in the wake of the Griffiths inquiry, it was sick children who suffered. Yet results of a research trial ordered by Griffiths, which have only just come to light, cast doubt on whether the inquiry was...

letters.
February 9, 2006... Investigation is a travesty Sir, I am profoundly disturbed by the consultant's diary during his investigation by the GMC (26 January, page 24). It is a travesty of a judicial investigation. The only good thing that can be said is that...

Cost-saving surgery ban is 'short-sighted'.(management of hospital waiting lists)
February 9, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Consultants all over the country have been told to stop operating, as primary care trusts (PCTs) delay patients' surgery until the next financial year. The moves, condemned by doctors as...

Cost-saving surgery ban is 'short-sighted'.(waiting lists referred as short-sighted by doctors)
February 9, 2006... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Consultants all over the country have been told to stop operating, as primary care trusts (PCTs) delay patients' surgery until the next financial year. The moves, condemned by doctors as...