Doctor articles from July 2005

Doctor archives from July 2005

GPs and pharmacists consider joint services.
July 5, 2005... Enhanced services Paul Stephenson GPs and pharmacists could join forces to provide joint enhanced services in an attempt to fend off possible future competition from the private sector. Derbyshire LMC and Southern Derbyshire and...

Hewitt won't commit to registered GP lists.
July 5, 2005... The Government baulks at firm support for registered lists as doctors debate euthanasia, regulation and death certification Cathy Comerford Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said GPs' registered list system need not conflict with the...

GMC gets vote of support.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Regulation Doctors at this year's conference voted to abolish the body which regulates the GMC, but backed the council itself, in a turnaround of previous years. GPC chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum was among those strongly opposing a motion...

Death certification training.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Death certification The proposed new system of death certification will need proper resources and training, doctors have warned. Chairman of the BMA forensic medicine committee Dr George Fernie said the proposals for a system of medical...

Profession shifts euthanasia stance.
July 5, 2005... Euthanasia Doctors have voted to drop their opposition to law changes that would allow them to assist terminally ill patients to die. The annual representatives meeting voted to end its current stance against euthanasia and doctor-assisted...

Call to change law after TB outbreak.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Infection An MP is calling for GPs to have the power to force people with serious infectious diseases to undergo full courses of treatment. Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, wants the law to be changed after a Leicestershire man...

Call to reject CaB and refer to local hospitals.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Referrals A SENIOR academic has called on GPs to boycott the Government's choice agenda and support local hospitals by referring patients to them. Dr Alex Samuel-Scott, a senior lecturer in public health at Liverpool University, said an...

Doctors ready to take action over pensions.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Pensions GPs have welcomed calls for industrial action over the Government's planned changes to NHS pensions. Delegates at last week's BMA Annual Representatives Meeting unanimously supported a block of motions opposing the planned pension...

GPs under siege in; services' meltdown.
July 5, 2005... Beds slashed, community hospitals closed, prescribing and referrals monitored in huge cost-cutting by debt-riddled trusts Paul Stephenson and Simon Ebbett The long-feared shutdown of services has finally hit, with community hospitals...

Women GPs left to fight for equal pay.
July 12, 2005... Many young female doctors 'earning as little as [pounds sterling]15 an hour' Cathy Comerford Women GPs are getting a raw deal through unequal opportunities, disparity on pension benefits and poor maternity deals, it has been claimed....

Dispensers feel squeeze.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2005... Dispensing The financial viability of rural dispensing practices is under threat because changes in drug categories and VAT reimbursements have led to millions of pounds being withheld according to the Dispensing Doctors Association. The...

Choice could widen health equality gaps.
July 12, 2005... Services Christina Golding HEALTH policy on patient choice could backfire by worsening health inequalities, says a government-funded report. The authors also warn that GPs and patients have inadequate information with which to make a...

SSRIs may cut risk of repeat MI.
July 12, 2005... Cardiovascular Giving PATIENTS antidepressants after a myocardial infarction appears to reduce the risk of a repeat event in those who are depressed, say US researchers. Their findings add to a growing body of evidence linking depression...

'I couldn't tell which bit of body belonged to which body'.
July 12, 2005... BMA becomes A&E after terrorists bomb bus on its doorstep Doctor reporters The off-white facade of BMA House is stained. GPC negotiator Dr Laurence Buckman says, from a distance, it looks like someone has thrown a can of brown paint...

Concern over OTC cystitis antibiotic.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2005... Prescribing The Government looks set to make another antibiotic, trimethoprim (Cysticlear), avai-lable without a prescription, despite concern about antibiotic resistance. The Medicines and Health-care Products Regulatory Agency has...