All General Medical Council (GMC) articles – Page 5
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Exclusive: Doctors told not to fear reprisal during coronavirus outbreak
NHS national leaders are set to reassure doctors they will be supported by their employers and should not fear regulatory reprisals, within reason, if they end up working outside their areas of expertise during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Special measures trust can keep trainees after hiring overseas doctors
A trust in quality special measures is set to retain its trainee doctors after addressing regulators’ concerns by recruiting several doctors from overseas.
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GMC: Red tape impeding overseas doctors’ recruitment
The General Medical Council has called for urgent action to “cut the red tape” around the recruitment of overseas doctors.
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Only six of 200 NHS private units signed up to complaints watchdog
Just six of the NHS’ more than 200 private patient units are signed up to the independent complaints adjudicator, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
Scent of a scandal
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Trust’s consultants allege they’re ‘bullied by managers’
Consultants at an acute hospital have reported being bullied by senior managers to move patients inappropriately and to prioritise targets over quality and safety.
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I'm a doctor, but the NHS treats me as if I don't exist
At a time when the NHS is reeling under workforce shortages, a recent survey has found that SAS doctors feel undervalued and are bullied at their workplace, making it imperative for employers to provide a more supportive work environment, says Dr Amit Kochhar
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‘Critical decision-making’ at major cancer centre left to trainees
Trainee oncologists at a major cancer centre covered clinics and made “critical” decisions without senior supervision, including for cancers they were not trained for, HSJ can reveal.
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Five trusts fail four-hour target in more than half of A&E cases
An unprecedented five trusts saw less than half of their accident and emergency attendances within four hours in December, HSJ analysis reveals.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Is the centre finally about to get serious on workforce?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Regulator finds ‘challenging behaviour’ from trust’s senior staff
“Challenging behaviour” among senior clinicians and “disconnected” working between departments has been uncovered at a “special measures” trust at risk of losing some of its trainee doctors.
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Special measures trust at risk of losing trainees
A special measures trust is at risk of losing its trainee doctors in acute medical services in January due to gaps in its workforce.
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Expert Briefing
Christmas come early?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Concerns raised over two new medical schools
The General Medical Council has raised concerns about two new medical schools which are in the process of recruiting their first students.
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Regulator plans greater oversight of local investigations
The General Medical Council is planning to work more closely with NHS trusts and other organisations on how they investigate staff conduct locally.
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Regulators call for overhaul of professional misconduct rules
NHS England is working to develop a single framework for all professional regulators when dealing with a conduct complaint.
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Overseas medics are booming and need better support, says regulator
Employers need to do more to support international doctors as the services become increasingly reliant on them, with more non-UK medical graduates joining the register than British-trained, the General Medical Council has told HSJ.
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HSIB to stop maternity investigations by 2021
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will stop carrying out external maternity incident investigations by 2021, handing them back to the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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Sex, lies and the ‘intentionally difficult doctor’
To regulate unprofessional conduct of healthcare professionals, a governance framework that defines and measures medical professionalism using reliable data is needed, suggests Nadeem Moghal
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What about the patient?: Jessie Cunnett
This week: Jessie Cunnett, head of public support, Nursing and Midwifery Council