Consultants are level 9 "Senior SpRs " are level 8 "Junior SpRs " are level 7 SHOs are level 6 FY1s are not mentioned ...

Given that there is zero evidence that shows nurse prescribing to be safe, it is extremely worrying when an esteemed Professor of prescribin...

Luckily I have not had to endure many episodes of the BBC's woeful ' Street Doctor ', unfortunately last week I was unlucky. N...

The dumbing down continues apace, with pharmacists being given the chance to diagnose and manage 'minor illness' in another hair bra...

The debate around empowering nurses to make DNAR decisions is certainly a hot one, I have obtained permission from an experienced consultant...

"Responsibility for decision-making The overall clinical responsibility for decisions about CPR, including DNAR decisions, rests wit...

There is undoubtedly much of sense in John Tooke's report. The talk is certainly attractive, however one must always remain sceptical ...

It seems that the government never learns from its mistakes. They have created yet another regulator, the Health Quality Commission , to enf...

"Recommendation 30 PMETB should be assimilated in a regulatory structure within GMC that oversees the continuum of undergraduate and ...

"Recommendation 21 A suitably qualified Director level lead for medical education within DH should be identified and act as the referen...

The sham of Labour's consultation exercises as regards the recent NHS review have been much talked about of late, and Dr Ray has been k...

"Recommendation 18 The medical profession should have an organisation / mechanism that enables coherent advice to be offered on matters...

George Orwell would not know whether to laugh or cry if he were alive to read the latest propaganda released by the Ministry of Untruth, ak...

"Recommendation 11 DH should have a coherent model of medical workforce supply within which apparently conflicting policies on self-su...

The government has a cunning, some would say not so cunning, knack of tricking people into their way of thinking with games of logic that we...

These are the members of Professor Darzi's advisory board as stated in his interim report: Dr Sam Everington (GP from East London and ...