Health & Patient Care
Wanted: BMA peer support service volunteers to help support those in need
Doctors who want to support the health service by caring for colleagues in need are being urged to sign up to the BMA peer support keep reading
Month: October 2019
Compliance
CQC report finds care quality ‘improving’ but with a long way to go
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published their annual State of Care report highlighting the overall quality of health and social care in England. Things keep reading
Health & Patient Care
NHS opens clinic to help children addicted to computer games
‘Gaming disorder’ is now deemed a diagnosable mental health problem and GPs will be able to refer young people suffering from the condition This is keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Dyspraxia: what is it, what are the symptoms and how common is it?
Dyspraxia may be one of those overtly medical terms you’ve heard of, but don’t know much about. It is, in fact, a condition affecting physical keep reading
News
The Royal College of GPs celebrates innovative GPs and patients
GPs, their teams and patients have been offered RCGP Bright Ideas Awards by the Royal College of General Practitioners for their ground-breaking ideas developed in keep reading
Compliance
CQC fines two unregistered companies £4,000 each for providing health services
Two companies that provided personal care services have been fined £4000 because they were not registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC) as required by law keep reading
News
GP surgery cake sale raises £500 for suicide bereavement charity
A cake sale and raffle held at an Exmouth GP surgery has raised a significant sum for a suicide bereavement charity This is an edited keep reading
Health & Patient Care
‘Unacceptable’ delays in diagnosing secondary breast cancer
A survey suggests that one in four patients with secondary breast cancer had to visit their GP three or more times before they got a keep reading
Compliance
Time to ‘boost local social prescribing’ to reduce burden on GPs
An inquiry report produced by academics at London South Bank University (LSBU) advises to ‘boost local social prescribing to lower dependency on GP services’ Plans keep reading
Legal
Survey finds that a fifth of doctors have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment
Terrifying findings suggest that a fifth of UK doctors and other medical staff have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment at work in the past three keep reading