Hospital Doctor articles from June 2005

Hospital Doctor archives from June 2005

Highland health.(Hospital services)
June 16, 2005... The long-awaited Kerr report heralds radical change in the delivery of health care in Scotland, with its unique geographical challenges. Jennifer Veitch highlights the report's key recommendations and asks what doctors think of them At the...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
June 16, 2005... We'd register if allowed to Sir, Further to your front-page story (Anger that MRI company sets own standards, 26 May), I write to inform you that Alliance Medical is not registered with the Healthcare Commission because the commission is...

BMA seniors split over use of private sector.(British Medical Association)
June 16, 2005... privatisation By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk BMA seniors showed varying levels of opposition to the Government's use of the private sector in motions to their annual conference. They passed a proposal opposing treatment centres...

Corridor work poses confidentiality threat.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2005... Working conditions Patient confidentiality is being threatened because staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors are being forced to work in corridors, delegates at the annual BMA SAS conference heard last week. Dr Elizabeth Bailey, of...

GMC has rethink over complaints.(General Medical Council)(Brief Article)
June 16, 2005... complaints GMC president Prof Sir Graeme Catto has admitted that changes to the regulators' investigation system is having a negative impact on doctors. Since last year the GMC has been required to notify a doctor's employing trust as soon...

Get ready for MI fears after NSAID risk report.(myocardial infarction)(non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)(Brief Article)
June 16, 2005... Drug safety Hospital doctors should brace themselves for enquiries from worried patients this week after a study reported current use of some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may increase the risk of myocardial infarction...

Private scan problems.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2005... outsourcing Further problems with the Alliance Medical contract have emerged as a result of a report released at the GMB union congress last week. The report reveals that the clinical governance committee at Queens Medical Centre,...

Real Story got the wrong tale.(Patient care)(Editorial)
June 16, 2005... editorial comment Hands up, who's a drunk or a junkie. Come on, be honest, it's the first step toward salvation. Apparently, loads of you disregard your responsibilities every day and steam onto the wards or into theatre while under the...

SAS medics refuse to pay college fees.(Staff and associate specialist)(Brief Article)
June 16, 2005... SAS conference By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors should stop paying their college subscriptions, angry delegates at the annual BMA SAS conference agreed last week. SAS doctors believe...

Stop the birth ; of a lost tribe.(Modernising Medical Careers)(Editorial)
June 23, 2005... editorial comment Young doctors get gripped with both excitement and trepidation as they take up their early positions in the NHS. But the latter could dominate in future, with new research about to reveal that a significant number of...

BMA to battle it out over private sector.(British Medical Association)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2005... annual representative meeting By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Private sector involvement in the NHS will be a key topic of debate at the BMA's Annual Representative Meet-ing (ARM), which starts on Monday. The issue is top of...

Juniors face dole queues.(Senior House Officer)(Modernising Medical Careers)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2005... By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk UK-trained juniors are facing unemployment for the first time as pressure for SHO posts increases. A BMA survey due to be published this Saturday is expected to show that a number of junior doctors...

Protest over implants.(National Health Service Patients)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2005... private providers Orthopaedic surgeons are protesting after a private provider asked them to use unfamiliar implants on NHS patients. Swedish company Capio has struck a money-saving deal with US implant manufacturer Stryker and is now...

Standing firm for children.
June 23, 2005... Despite being found guilty of serious professional misconduct last year, paediatrician Prof David Southall's commitment to protecting children remains undiminished. Anna Barlow meets the man behind the headlines Reports in the popular...

Whistle-blowers casefile.
June 23, 2005... CASE 1: Dr raj mattu Consultant cardiologist Dr Raj Mattu is awaiting the verdict of his disciplinary hearing - more than three years after being suspended. Dr Mattu was suspended from Walsgrave Hospital in February 2002 over allegations...

letters .(Letter to the Editor)
June 23, 2005... True reason for the PMETB Sir, The acting chairman of the PMETB (Board backs standards, 9 June, page 19) cannot expect us to believe that it is independent of Government. It was set up by legislation with the thinly disguised intention of...

letters .(Letter to the Editor)
June 30, 2005... A reasonable suggestion Sir, The predictable reaction to my letter (No entry via back door, 19 May, page 10), concerning the entry of staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors to the specialist register, consists of arguments that are...

Payment by results will destabilise NHS.(Brief Article)
June 30, 2005... FINANCE Health ministers have been warned for the second time in a week that payment by results will have disastrous consequences if implemented in its current form. At the BMA's Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this week, delegates...

DoH ditches ; additionality.(treatment of NHS patients)
June 30, 2005... Private sector By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk The Government is to relax its 'additionality' rules, which prevent NHS consultants from treating NHS patients in the private sector in their spare time. But Health Secretary...

Emergency ; rescue.
June 30, 2005... The four-hour waiting target in A&E has highlighted some major problems, which a recent, mercifully short, report aims to address. Janis Smy analyses its key findings The four-hour A&E target has proved to be a lot more than a device for...

Register removals spark indignation.(services of Locum Doctors Association )
June 30, 2005... Complaints By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Doctors are angry that their names are being removed from the online medical register while they are under investigation by the GMC. Under a new system introduced last year, doctors...

Start of a new conversation.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 30, 2005... editorial comment Few of you will have realised that the BMA held its Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this week in Manchester. You're probably too busy at the coalface to worry about the latest pronouncements from this medico-political...