2013

News archive

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  Call to improve care pathway training

  18 May 2013

  Junior doctors should receive adequate training to use the LCP (Liverpool Care Pathway) which provid...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior doctors, care pathways

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  Opposition to specialty training selection test

  18 May 2013

  Juniors leaders should oppose the imposition of a national test for the use in specialty training se...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior doctors, specialty doctor, entry into medicine

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  Dismayed at suggested NHS charge for patients

  18 May 2013

  Charging patients to see their GP could have drastic consequences for the individual and the NHS, a ...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior doctors

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  Doctor-patient ratios demanded to tackle safety concerns

  18 May 2013

  NHSE (NHS Employers) should publish the doctor-to-patient ratios for OOH (out-of-hours) wards, a con...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior doctors, out of hours services, patient safety

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  Juniors push for longer training programmes

  18 May 2013

  The length of training programmes should be extended where there are justified concerns about achiev...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior doctors, EWTD

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  Wisdom of 'cub scout' credentials questioned

  18 May 2013

  Doctors could find themselves like ‘a cub scout’ with an armful of badges if the concept...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, careers

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  Dangers of generalist-only training debated

  18 May 2013

  Juniors warned against the creation of a new cadre of generalist-only doctors as a way of tackling t...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, specialist training

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  Call to protect working hours during any contract negotiations

  18 May 2013

  The working hours of doctors in training must be kept in check under any new contract, a conference ...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior contract, hours of work

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  Removal of 'Wales' threatens contracts, say juniors

  18 May 2013

  Junior doctors expressed disappointment and anger that references to Wales had been removed from the...

  Tags: junior doctors conference, junior contract, Wales

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  Privatisation purpose of NHS reform, say juniors

  18 May 2013

  Junior doctors said they believed the true aim of the Health and Social Care Act was to privatise th...

  Tags: junior doctors conference 2013, junior doctors, NHS reform