All British Medical Association (BMA) articles – Page 33
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Young medics' working lives 'bleak'
Almost three in 10 junior doctors are stretched so thin that they do not have time to deliver quality patient care, a poll suggests.
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NewsConsultant contract talks could hinge on seven-day working
Employers’ representatives hope to begin negotiation of the medical consultant contract focused on enabling significantly more services to operate at weekends, HSJ has been told.
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CommentReclaiming the NHS employment relationship
We need to change the service’s employment culture
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Almost 900 consultants receive excellence awards
Almost 900 medical consultants in England and Wales have been awarded clinical excellence awards for 2012, it has been announced.
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NewsExam marking errors hit junior doctors
Thousands of junior doctors have been left in the lurch over their first medical jobs after marking errors in their final exams.
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NewsGP survey reiterates concerns about contract
More than a quarter of GPs believe that proposed changes to their contracts will mean they have to restrict access to patients, a poll suggests.
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NewsDH releases Health Act competition rules
The government has published details of how competition and procurement rules will operate under the Health Bill.
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NewsJunior doctors' rotas 'not working'
Patients are being put at risk as exhausted junior doctors work for 100 hours a week, a new report suggests.
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NewsCentral health database challenged
Privacy campaigners and medical groups have questioned a move that will see GPs hand over patient information to a central information bank.
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HSJ Local
Fears raised over mental health trust reorganisation
STRUCTURE Commissioners have raised “significant concerns” about Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust’s proposed reorganisation.
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HSJ Local
Cuts in east region will damage mental health services says BMA
Mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk will be damaged by fresh proposals outlined by the local trust which include staffing cuts, doctors have warned.
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NewsJunior doctor contract negotiations 'will miss government deadline'
Plans to renegotiate the junior doctors’ contract are unlikely to be completed by the April 2014 deadline set by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCameron demands extension of friends and family test
The prime minister has given his backing to plans to roll out the friends and family test to primary care, as part of a package of measures to be unveiled today to improve the quality of services.
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News'Whistleblowing' case against Alder Hey collapses
A whistleblowing surgeon has lost his High Court battle with Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust and resigned from his post with immediate effect.
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NewsPerformance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
Hospitals providing care to NHS patients will be required to publish information on the performance of individual consultant surgeons working across 10 specialties by summer 2013.
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NewsRoutine NHS services should be available seven days a week
Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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NewsMinister: change to consultant contracts 'long overdue'
Radical proposals on changes to how consultants are rewarded in the NHS – including proposals to create a new pay grade - will form the basis of wider discussions on pay, terms and conditions for doctors, the government said today.
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NewsJunior doctors' contract not 'fit for purpose'
The contract for junior doctors working in the NHS is “not fit for purpose” and should be fully renegotiated according to a report by NHS Employers.
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NewsLeague table plan for surgery teams
Teams of medics are to be pitted against each other in league tables.
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NewsNew guidance for specialty doctors and employers
A planning guide to help specialty doctors and associate specialists with their often complex work has been published jointly by the NHS Employers organisation, the British Medical Association and the devolved administrations.