Hospital Doctor articles from March 2007

Hospital Doctor archives from March 2007

'No real evidence' to support CCTOs.
March 15, 2007... mental health bill Hospital.Doctor@rbi.co.uk There is no evidence to support the introduction of compulsory community treatment orders (CCTOs), a Government-funded review has found. Rather than endorse the Government-backed orders, which...

MMC to carry on regardless.(Modernising Medical Careers)(Medical Training Application Service )
March 15, 2007... training Elizabeth.Fox@rbi.co.uk MODERNISING MEDICAL Careers (MMC) will continue with the first round of specialty training applications - despite a national review that revealed 'shortcomings' in the selection process. The decision will...

MTAS debacle sparks exodus.(Medical Training Application Service)(junior doctors offered jobs overseas)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... workforce Elizabeth.Fox@rbi.co.uk Disillusioned junior doctors are already being offered jobs overseas, sparking fears of a mass emigration of thousands of UK-trained doctors. One F2 doctor from the Oxford Deanery, who was not shortlisted...

'Insist on duplicate sets of kit before operations start'.(British Orthopaedic Associations)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... surgery ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS are to issue guidance this week to address the threat posed by the offsite provision of instrument decontamination and sterilisation. The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) guidance due this week will...

'Profit must be focus for trusts'.
March 15, 2007... management HOSPITALS COULD do a lot more to identify their most profitable services and treatments, the regulatory body for foundation trusts has claimed. According to Monitor, hospitals should be using 'service line' reporting...