Despite having observed at first hand the effects of patient complaint procedures against doctors for several years now, I have been surprised by the extent of doctors’ unhappiness and despair at what they see as a vindictive and unfair process. The number of patient complaints against doctors has risen significantly in recent years – with […]
The wasteland created by the political class post-Brexit is the ultimate expression of a deluded mantra which has gradually been eroding the NHS and now the country. Time and time again over the last 10 years, I have been confronted with NHS managers, medical leaders and policy makers who cite the holy cause of ‘destructive innovation’ as the means to […]
A Father’s Day curry at home in muggy Derbyshire afforded me yet again the opportunity to attempt to field answers to a medic’s least favourite question of all: have you thought about a speciality, yet? As always, I churned out the same old answer about it being early days, that I am interested in many […]
The Flexible Careers Scheme is a response to the Improving Working Lives Initiative, which aims to make the National Health Service a better place to work. The IWL standard sets out the expectations placed on NHS employers to support staff and promote their welfare and development, in order to create a healthy and productive balance […]
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Last week, a healthy baby was born from a woman who had been brain dead for nearly five months. The decision to keep the mother alive for so long must have been a difficult one for the doctors. This case reveals the ethical complexity of modern healthcare. Dr Daniel Sokol, a leading medical ethicist and clinical […]
As a busy GP, I am fully aware and exposed to the everyday pressures faced by our National Health Service, sadly witnessing the NHS stretching to breaking point. A huge spectrum of demands placed on services, realistically this sometimes results in patients being unable to access the most effective treatment they require. Cancer Care is […]
SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one-minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK doctors and nurses. […]
Sometimes very distressed doctors in the NHS do make the news – as with Daksha Emerson, a young psychiatrist who killed herself and her baby whilst suffering from post natal psychosis, and also more recently, junior doctor Rose Polge, whose body was found in the sea off Devon in April. In my experience, the vast […]
I am a hospital doctor who is thinking about leaving the profession I love. It is not because I doubt my calling, or because I am not competent. I have received many accolades over the course of my career and have an outstanding record of excellent outcomes and high patient satisfaction. But for every 99 cases I take on, […]
The NHS has a long tradition of balancing patient safety and religious views and practices. In 2008 there was some debate over new health guidelines introduced to stop the spread of infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. There is growing discussion on wearing full-face veils, such as the burqa and the nijab. They should not be […]