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  Graduate-entry ‘maturity’ argument rejected

  6 April 2013

  There was no support for medicine to become a solely graduate entry subject at university, stud...

  Tags: medical students conference, medical students committee, undergraduate admissions,

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  Emergency departments 'at the point of meltdown'

  5 April 2013

  Emergency departments across Wales are 'at the point of meltdown', according to a letter sent by doc...

  Tags: emergency department, accident and emergency, consultants, hospital beds, wales, nhs reform

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  Call for training to match shift in care

  23 January 2013

  Medical education must reflect the ‘shift left’ of services from the acute sector into t...

  Tags: community hospital care, medical education and training

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  MPs urged to take action on job cuts

  23 January 2013

  The BMA wants MPs to put pressure on a mental health trust which plans to cut jobs and inpatient bed...

  Tags: job planning, redundancy, hospital beds, mental healthcare

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  NHS 'full to bursting' all year, warns BMA

  3 December 2012

  Year-round pressure has replaced the winter beds crisis in hospitals, doctors leaders have warned. T...

  Tags: her majesty's treasury, consultants committee, hospital beds, healthcare rationing

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  Trust plans to cut psychiatry jobs

  28 November 2012

  Doctors leaders have criticised plans for a mental healthcare trust to cut 502 jobs including those ...

  Tags: psychiatry, redundancy, hospital admissions

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  Staff shortages hit appointments

  29 October 2012

  More than 17,680 hospital appointments in Northern Ireland were cancelled over a 12-month period bec...

  Tags: consultants, appointments procedure, hospital admissions

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  Downgrade plans fail to command support

  20 September 2012

  A review commissioned by a London council has criticised NHS North West London’s proposals for...

  Tags: reconfiguration, hospital, closure

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  Doctors endorse warning of hospitals crisis

  12 September 2012

  A report warning acute hospital care is on the brink of collapse has been welcomed by doctors leader...

  Tags: CCSC, elderly care, NHS care, NHS reform, quality of care, standards of care, secondary care, hospital beds

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  Call to maintain hygiene standards

  24 August 2012

  Doctors leaders have called for investment in the infrastructure of the health service to help reduc...

  Tags: hygiene, hospital, BMA Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland department of health, social services and public safety