The Department of Health has announced plans to extensively expand its medical training placements by an extra 1,500 doctors per year by 2020. The plan is being hailed as the “biggest ever” in the health service’s 69 years. The current number of student doctors is said to increase by 25% under the new proposal … [Read more…]
Nearly 2 months after the new reforms of the IR35 legislation went live (see our previous article on IR35 here) clients and contractors are still getting to grips with the new taxation laws. The point of the new changes which were made back in April 2017 was to shift the responsibility of determining how a … [Read more…]
Working in the medical industry has incredibly varied and diverse career paths with so many different specialities and sub-specialities to choose from. With such a wide array of options, you are bound to find your place in the job market. One of the recommended methods of helping you decide which speciality you should adopt involves … [Read more…]
NHS Highland has denied that its attempts to recruit GPs were ‘poaching’ them from the south of the border, claiming it just wanted to stop them from leaving the UK. The health board is undertaking a new recruitment campaign which involves advertising in Leeds and Liverpool across public transport and billboards in hopes of attracting … [Read more…]
Leading official lays bare GP concerns GP and senior Care Quality Commission official Professor Steve Field has stated that GP’s working hours will need to be closely monitored to ensure the safety of patients and the well being of staff. The chief inspector of family doctors in England has also warned against the rising demands … [Read more…]
CQC gives service the thumbs up Care Quality Commission inspectors reveal that GO out of hours care across England is improving, although weaknesses are still apparent in some areas. The review of 30 services, which covers a third of the population, highlighted problems with recruitment processes and medicines management, although generally concluding that services were … [Read more…]
90% of GP’s are over the retirement age The Royal College of GP’s have revealed that hundreds of GP practices could be forced to close, due to the number of doctors hitting retirement age. The analysis has shown that more than 90% of GP’s are aged over 60, and with the average retirement age at … [Read more…]
East London trust gets emergency medicine consultants to collaborate Barts Health NHS Trust today held an exclusive team building event for A&E consultants at prestigious The Royal London Hospital, based in Whitechapel. Attended by 38 doctors from hospital sites such as Whipps Cross University Hospital, Newham University Hospital and The Royal London Hospital, the team … [Read more…]
68% of workers favour a strike Two thirds of NHS workers under the Unison healthcare union have voted in favour of strike action over pay. 68% of the nurses, healthcare assistants, porters and doctors said they were prepared to strike, whilst 88% voted for industrial action short of a strike. Three other unions – the … [Read more…]
38% of cardiologists take up extra weekend work A 2013 annual survey has revealed that 33% of American doctors moonlight outside of their usual practices, with the majority being 50 to 54 years old. The Medical Economics survey found that the main reasons for taking on secondary work included wanting to vary their working lives, … [Read more…]