Hospital Doctor articles from September 2005

Hospital Doctor archives from September 2005

Blame culture must change.
September 8, 2005... editorial comment Fourteen of the country's most influential doctors are washing their dirty linen in public and exposing their worst medical mistakes, in a bid to improve patient safety. It is part of a new campaign by the National...

Campaign to turn errors to learning.
September 8, 2005... national patient safety agency campaign to report medical errors backed by 14 leading doctors By Helen Gilbert hospital.doctor@rbi.co.uk Junior doctors are being urged to report medical errors so lessons can be learned from mistakes and a...

Expert witnesses to face payment delay.(Brief Article)
September 8, 2005... court fees By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk Payment for doctors acting as expert witnesses can be delayed until the end of the case, under rules that came into force this week. Agreement to delay payment is allowed if the size...

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
September 8, 2005... SAS doctors need FRCS Sir, Mr Mohib Khan has worked hard to raise the profile of staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors. He feels that a recent legal ruling obtained by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB)...

Mental health; makeover.
September 8, 2005... Prof Sheila Hollins came late to the field of psychiatry, motivated by a gap in her knowledge of the subject as a GP. In her new role as president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, she is keen to address the specialty's workforce shortage...

MDU set to expel doctors warned by GMC.
September 8, 2005... registration By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk A warning from the GMC may result in doctors losing their right to practise if new rules from the Medical Defence Union (MDU) come into force. The MDU's proposed new articles of...

One vision?(policies of National Health Service)
September 22, 2005... There is a danger that clinicians' creativity will be lost if reforms simply become a managerial process to ensure each part is implemented on time, according to Nigel Edwards, director of policy at the NHS Confederation There is no point...

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2005... Courts should pay promptly Sir, So what's new with Expert witnesses to face payment delay (8 September, page 2)? Only that members of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) now feel that payment of fees can be quite properly delayed until the...

Leaked details cause concern.(National Health Services contracts to private sector)(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... editorial comment Doctors are divided over the use of the private sector to deliver NHS services. While some fear it marks the destructive privatisation of the NHS, there are others who believe it is the first step toward new investment...

Financial bar set too high for the smaller providers.(financial guarantees for contract attainment)
September 22, 2005... NHS sale: demand for stiff guarantees stops consultant groups from bidding for contracts By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk The level of financial security required by the Department of Health for the new wave of contracts will...

Doctors lack faith in GMC regulation.
September 22, 2005... regulation By Anna Barlow hospital.doctor@rbi.co.uk Only one-third of hospital doctors have confidence in the way the GMC currently regulates doctors, according to a new poll carried out for the organisation. The NOP poll of more than 100...

Doctors could lose NHS jobs.
September 22, 2005... workforce More doctors will be seconded to work for private companies under the new programme, and are likely to face redundancy if they refuse to move. Dr Jonathan Fielden, deputy chairman of the BMA's consultants committee, said NHS...

Wider range of services to go private.
September 22, 2005... transfer to private management threatens NHS elective services and Doctors' jobs By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk A massive transfer of NHS services into private sector management is planned throughout England under the...

Fight begins to stop privatisation.
September 22, 2005... campaign A campaign to halt the privatisation of the NHS is to be launched in the coming week, backed by prominent figures including politicians, academics and medical specialists. In a launch statement for the 'Keep our NHS Public'...

Flying doctor.
September 29, 2005... It's the tannoy message that most doctors flying off on holiday dread. If called to assist with a medical emergency during a flight, would you a) keep quiet, b) volunteer with a heavy heart, c) volunteer with confidence? Marianne Curtis joined...

letters.
September 29, 2005... Hang together or separately Sir, It is disturbing to learn that colleagues in Sussex face redundancy should they not agree to work in an independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) (15 September, front page). One can imagine, however, that...

Job cuts to put more pressure on seniors.
September 29, 2005... workforce By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Consultants could face increased stress and bigger workloads as trusts resort to recruitment freezes and staff redundancies to cut costs. A BMA survey published last week shows that a...

Listening will go a long way.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 29, 2005... editorial comment With the Labour Party Conference in full swing, public sector reform is under intense scrutiny. Hospital Doctor helped set this agenda last week with our exclusive on the massive transfer of NHS services into the private...

Consultants 'volunteer' to prevent outsourcing.
September 29, 2005... radiology By Emma Vere-Jones emma.vere.jones@rbi.co.uk Consultant radiologists in Portsmouth are being forced to perform clinical duties during time set aside for non-clinical work to avoid radiology being outsourced to the private sector....

Hewitt gives clarion call for reform . . .(Patricia Hewitt)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2005... By Melanie Newman melanie.newman@rbi.co.uk If you're not behind the Government's NHS reforms, you count as a Tory supporter. That was the message Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt sent Labour Party conference delegates this week. In a bid to...

. . . as heads roll.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2005... Up to fifteen psychiatrists are to be made redundant as part of a trust's cost-cutting programme. Hospital Doctor understands staff at Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust have been told seven consultant and eight junior doctor posts are...

Trust grade post fears.(Modernising Medical Careers)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2005... juniors The BMA is concerned that some junior doctors may be forced into a new 'trust grade' style post as a result of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC). At a September meeting, MMC unveiled a document which outlined the use of Enhanced...

Juniors threaten strike.(Department of Health )(Brief Article)
September 29, 2005... staffing Junior doctors say they will consider strike action if the Department of Health (DoH) refuses to resolve the unemployment crisis among juniors. The BMA's Junior Doctors Committee (JDC) is furious that the DoH has continued to...