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The suggestion by government health ministers that general practice is to blame for the rising demand in emergency medicine departments is not just divisive and demoralising. Their analysis of the problem is also inaccurate.
Tags: emergency care, general practice
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There is an old curse attributed to the Chinese: ‘May you live in interesting times.’ As a medical student there is no doubt that you live, and will work, in interesting times. Medicine is the most obviously human of the professions - it deals in the human essentials of birth and death, living and suffering - but it is also the most technological. All the power of modern science is deployed on its behalf.
Tags: bma medical ethics, medical students
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A few weeks ago, I was working a busy weekend of nights. Winter
pressure meant the hospital was well and truly bed-blocked. After a
manic two nights of admissions, the acute assessment unit wasn’t even
moving. And, in the early hours of the morning the chief exec was called
in to manage the situation.
Tags: nhs care, junior doctors, careers
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Your final year at medical school carries a mix of emotions. On one hand, what you've worked so hard for is closer than ever; in a matter of months, you can call yourself a doctor. On the other, there are finals, the future, and the responsibilities of being unleashed on the world and expected to know what you're doing.
Tags: medical students, medical students committee, foundation programme
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Earlier this month, documents were laid in Parliament relating to one of the most controversial aspects of the Health and Social Care Act. Ostensibly, the Section 75 regulations are intended to 'ensure good procurement practice', but they have given rise to concerns about just how far the Act has opened up the NHS in England to competition.
Tags: NHS system reform, health and social care act, competition, patient choice, procurement
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