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  Call for clarity on CPR

  16 May 2013

  The GMC should be clearer about rules allowing disabled medical students and trainees to prove they ...

  Tags: General Medical Council, disability, medical students, cardiovascular disorders

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  BMA urges junior doctors to fill in GMC training survey

  2 May 2013

  Junior doctors are being reminded to respond to a GMC survey about their training. It is compulsory ...

  Tags: junior doctors, medical education and training, general medical council, postgraduate training

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  Standards expected of doctors come into force

  22 April 2013

  Doctors will need to meet updated standards on their conduct, skills and knowledge from today. The l...

  Tags: general medical council, standards of care, quality of care, doctor-patient relationships

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  Conference aims to aid doctors without revalidation link

  18 April 2013

  Doctors struggling to find an appropriate connection for revalidation can find help at a BMA-hosted ...

  Tags: revalidation, general medical council

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  BMA backs professional development demands

  17 April 2013

  A GMC study that suggests employers need to do more to support doctors in their professional develop...

  Tags: general medical council, continuing professional development, revalidation

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  Use clinical errors as teaching tools, students tell GMC

  6 April 2013

  Medical schools should use anonymised examples of clinical errors to help students’ learning, ...

  Tags: medical students conference, medical students committee, general medical council, medical education and training

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  Scotland sets smoke-free deadline

  3 April 2013

  The BMA has welcomed Scotland’s ‘bold step’ of aiming to become smoke-free by 2034...

  Tags: smoking, smoking in public places, scotland, scottish council

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  GMC updates Good Medical Practice

  25 March 2013

  New standards that doctors must meet to demonstrate they are fit to practise have been published by ...

  Tags: professional registration and regulation, conscientious objection, general medical council, appraisal

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  Government prepares to reduce drink-drive limit

  21 March 2013

  The Scottish government will reduce the drink-drive limit following a consultation in which 74 per c...

  Tags: drink driving, alcohol, scotland, bma scotland, scottish parliament

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  Benefits system is ‘a struggle for GPs and patients’

  18 March 2013

  GPs have called for a benefits system shake-up, saying the current system is an ‘embarrassment...

  Tags: conference of scottish local medical committees, facilities and benefits, stress, controlling workload