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Are doctors ever really off duty? - The Guardian 3rd November 2009
"Which potentially serious symptoms would prompt them to stop and advise a stranger on a bus?"
What does your GP really think of his patients? - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"There is, says Phil Hammond, something missing from medicine. It is pleasure. Pleasure gets just two mentions in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, and none whatever on the website of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Doctors rarely tell patients to pleasure themselves, for fear of getting struck off, but something a little less directive might actually improve all our lives.
"Our media are negative, our politics is"
Half of doctors 'too busy using computers to look patients in the eye' - Daily Mail 28th October 2009
"Nearly half of GPs claim they are too busy to look patients in the eye during consultations, according to a shocking poll out today.
A survey of family doctors found that 38 per cent are unable to give patients enough eye contact because they are spending so much time tapping information into their computers to meet Government targets."
NHS staff urged to have swine flu vaccine as polls reveal half may refuse to be immunised - Daily Mail 26th October 2009
"Nurses and doctors have been urged to set an example to patients by having themselves vaccinated against swine flu.
The pleas come following concerns that many NHS staff plan to turn down the chance of a free jab over safety worries and the belief that the virus is so mild."
Doctor Poison: Drink your tea, said Ed Erin. Then he said it again. I drank all of it. Then I looked in the cup... - Daily Mail 24th October 2009
"In chilling detail, the secretary whose doctor lover tried to poison her when she became pregnant tells the horrific story of their torrid affair, his sinister behaviour - and how her ‘little Miss Marple’ techniques finally revealed his guilt"
Losing this brilliant surgeon would be a tragedy for patients - Cumberland News 23rd October 2009
"I am writing at my dismay that Carlisle NHS Trust may lose a brilliant and highly compassionate surgeon that is Mr Obuszko.
As a health service professional and breast cancer survivor, I can honestly say that he is unique and cannot be replaced."
Third of doctors act to shorten lives of dying - The Guardian 23rd October 2009
"Around a third of doctors say they have given drugs to terminally ill patients or withdrawn treatment, knowing or intending that it would shorten their life, research reveals.
A study of doctors in charge of the last hours of almost 3,000 people finds decisions almost always have to be made on whether to give drugs to relieve pain that could shorten life and whether to continue resuscitation and artificial feeding."
Prozac rise 'down to serial use' - BBC Health News 21st October 2009
"An increase in prescriptions for anti-depressants is due to doctors giving drugs to the same people for longer periods of time, a study has found.
Researchers looked at UK prescriptions over nearly a decade, and found that the number of new patients diagnosed with depression had fallen. "
Doctors 'should avoid treating family' - BBC Health News 21st October 2009
"Doctors sometimes get asked to treat friends and relatives but it is a situation they should avoid if possible, according to the Medical Defence Union.
Its adviser, Dr John Holden, argues that it is all too easy for the doctors to put their livelihoods at risk."
The bizarre double life of poisoning doctor Edward Erin - The Times 20th October 2009
"To colleagues, Edward Erin appeared to have the perfect existence — a glittering career as a doctor and clinical researcher and relationships with a string of glamorous young women.
But his bizarre double life was revealed last night after he was convicted of poisoning the drinks of his pregnant secretary to cause her to miscarry during their brief affair. "
Doctor tried to spike lover's drinks to induce miscarriage - The Guardian 19th October 2009
"Court finds Edward Erin guilty of attempting to give drugs to medical secretary Bella Prowse"
Doctor guilty of spiking lover's drinks - The Independent 19th October 2009
"Married hospital consultant Dr Edward Erin is facing jail today after being convicted of attempting to spike his pregnant lover's drinks to make her lose her baby.\n\nErin was found guilty of two charges of attempting to spike Bella Prowse's Starbucks coffee and orange juice. "
26-year-old dies of cancer after doctor fails to spot signs eight times - Daily Telegraph 19th October 2009
"A 26-year-old woman died of cancer after her GP failed to spot the symptoms eight times in four years. "
Dr Edward Erin found guilty of trying to poison pregnant mistress's drink to bring on a miscarriage - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"A married doctor is facing jail today after being found guilty of lacing his pregnant mistress's drinks with poison in a bid to bring on a miscarriage.
Dr Edward Erin, a hospital consultant and married father-of-two, was convicted at the Old Bailey of two charges of attempting to poison his lover Bella Prowse."
Doctor faces being struck off as woman too young for screening dies of cervical cancer - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"A doctor who failed to spot the symptoms of cervical cancer in a young woman eight times in four years faces being struck off.
Dr Navin Shankar told Nikki Sams her health problems were 'nothing serious', never performed an internal examination and ignored her pleas for a hospital check-up."
Hospital boss off to India to recruit doctors - The Whitehaven News 14th October 2009
"HOSPITAL bosses will travel to India later this month in a bid to recruit doctors to come and work in Cumbria.
During the past five years the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has been struggling to fill a number of consultant posts at both Carlisle and Whitehaven."
Rise in mistakes 'for four months after junior doctors change jobs' - Daily Telegraph 14th October 2009
"It could be reason to delay that hospital visit until December – junior doctors make more mistakes in the first four months of their new job a new study suggests. "
In the line of duty - The Guardian 12th October 2009
"The majority of doctors and nurses are bypassing the swine flu jab. Health Department officials fear that the vaccine's low take-up could have dire consequences when the second wave of the pandemic hits. Should immunity be mandatory for all health staff?"
Dr Edward Erin 'was not sure Bella Prowse's baby was his' - The Times 12th October 2009
"A married hospital consultant accused of spiking his pregnant lover’s tea to induce an abortion told a jury today that he was not sure the baby was his.
Giving evidence at the Old Bailey, Edward Erin, 44, said that he believed a question mark remained over the paternity of the child that his secretary, Bella Prowse, claimed he had fathered. "
Patients are dying 'because of restrictions on doctors' working hours' - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"Patients are dying as a result of EU rules which cut the working hours of doctors, evidence from the Royal College of Surgeons has suggested. "
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