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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. "
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. "
Doctor hours law 'harms patients' - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"Patients' lives are being jeopardised by European rules that cut the working hours of doctors, experts say.
The Royal College of Surgeons says the 48-hour limit on the working week has left hospitals overstretched. "
'Cut in doctors' hours costs lives' - The Observer 11th October 2009
"Cutting doctors' working hours in line with EU rules is costing lives, damning evidence from the Royal College of Surgeons showed.
Doctors have been forced to break rules to maintain levels of care because the 48-hour working week limit has left hospitals so stretched, a survey of 800 NHS surgeons revealed."
Patients' lives are at risk from 48-hour week, warn doctors - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"Patients' lives are being put at risk by controversial new rules that limit the number of hours surgeons can work each week, according to research by the Royal College of Surgeons published today.
Nearly two-thirds of surgeons have witnessed a decline in the quality of patient care and safety since the European Working Hours Regulations (EWHR) were introduced in August, according to the survey."
Doctors say EU working week is killing patients - The Sunday Times 11th October 2009
"SENIOR doctors say NHS patients are dying as a result of new European Union rules that impose a 48-hour week on hospital staff.\n\nThe Royal College of Surgeons said, in a hard-hitting report, that lives were being lost because patients had to be switched between up to four doctors every 24 hours, instead of being cared for by the same team round the clock. "
Hospital patients are dying because of restrictions on doctors' hours, say surgeons - Daily Telegraph 10th October 2009
"Doctors say hospital patients have died as a result of new restrictions on medics' working hours brought in by the European Union. "
Junior doctors miss out on training due to reduced hours - The Guardian 9th October 2009
"Hospital rotas based on EU working time directive limiting junior doctors to 48-hour week are mere 'paper compliance', medics warn"
£250,000 training boost for doctors’ surgeries in town - Prestwich & Whitefield Guide 9th October 2009
"A Prestwich GP surgery is to get a slice of £250,000 to attract more trainee doctors.
The cash injection will be used to upgrade the existing premises of Whittaker Lane Medical Centre, to increase capacity for the training of new GPs. "
Gaddafi doctors trained by NHS as Royal Colleges train Libyans in NHS deal - Daily Mail 15th September 2009
Libyan doctors are to be trained by the NHS following an agreement signed by a Cabinet minister with Colonel Gaddafi's regime weeks before the release of the Lockerbie bomber, it emerged today.
The agreement is the latest in a series of moves to normalise relations between Britain and the north African state, which was an international pariah for years after being blamed for the 1988 bombing of PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie, which killed 270 people.
‘Tomorrow’s doctors’ must learn hands-on skills, under new GMC rules - The Times 2nd September 2009
Medical students will be ordered out of the lecture theatre and into the wards, gaining more “hands-on” experience treating patients in hospitals and doctors’ surgeries, new guidance from the medical regulator says.
New standards for “tomorrow’s doctors” from the General Medical Council (GMC) says that all medical students should be able to administer a general anaesthetic, take blood from patients and undertake other medical procedures under supervision, before they graduate from university.
Without help I’d soon sink, says recently qualified doctor - The Times 2nd September 2009
The apprehension on the train going into work on the first day was terrible,” Ian Noble, 25, a recently qualified doctor from London, said. “Five years of training seemed to have gone very quickly.”
GMC guidance has suggested that medical students need more preparation for the transition from undergraduate to independent practitioner.
Royal College calls for review of out-of-hours care - Daily Telegraph 25th August 2009
A ''radical review'' of out-of-hours care is needed to prevent European doctors flying to the UK to cover weekend shifts, Professor Steve Field, the head of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), said.
Third of primary care trusts rely on foreign doctors - Daily Telegraph 25th August 2009
A third of primary care trusts are relying on GPs from European countries such as Lithuania, Poland and Hungary, because of a shortage of doctors in Britain unwilling to working in the evenings and weekends.
Rules on EU doctors leave patients at risk, says GMC chief - The Guardian 24th August 2009
Leaders of two of the UK's most powerful medical bodies are on a collision course with the government and the European commission after calling for all doctors coming to work in Britain from Europe to face tests to prove they are fit to practise in this country.
Their demands follow the case of the German doctor who killed a patient on his first UK weekend shift as a locum GP.
Video: Concern over European doctors' training - The Guardian 24th August 2009
Professor Steve Field calls for changes to be made in how European out-of-hours and locum doctors are recruited following the death of a patient caused by Dr Daniel Ubani
Medics 'need bomb wound training' - BBC Health News 24thJuly 2009
Doctors need more training to deal with the victims of bomb blasts given the current threat of terrorism, a Lancet paper says.
The injuries wrought by explosive devices are unique and the chances of survival depend greatly on recognition, US doctors write.
'Studious' medical student murdered two women so she could study death - Daily Mail 22nd July 2009
A medical student murdered two elderly women so she could study the process of dying for her doctorate.
The 24-year-old - named only as Tatyana - killed her victims with an axe before observing their last moments.
Jimmy Savile fixes it with funding for medical students - The Guardian 14th July 2009
The entertainer and philanthropist has decided to fund medical research by undergraduates
Medical students 'disciplined for high-jinks' - The Times 2nd July 2009
Medical students are being taken to professional disciplinary hearings for parking violations, slack form-filling and nights out on the town as part of a draconian new system of sanctions.\n\nStudents are having their careers put at risk because medical schools are abusing new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) in an attempt to deter university high jinks and poor behaviour, a conference has heard.
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