I warn you not to read any further if you have a slightly dicky ticker, the following figures may shock you so much that it may result in a...

A recent Remedy survey has shown the devastating impact that Modernising Medical Careers ( MMC ) has had upon patients, doctors and their fa...

It is obvious that the government's grandiose inefficient top down schemes don't work very well, another example of this has been t...

The headlines surrounding Staffordshire General Hospital have been hitting the news in the last few days and it is hard to see how anyone c...

Anyone who works in the NHS these days, well pretty much anyone, can tell you that Alan Johnson is extremely innacurate with the following...

With kind permission from the author I have reproduced the following tale to show how quite simply less training leads to more mistakes and ...

The government's recent attempts at medical workforce planning are embarrassing. The reduction in doctor working hours as a result of E...

As the latest news tells us of the full magnificent of Lord Darzi's latest reforms, I am not surprised that some 'GP-led centres...

The BMJ is a pretty ropey journal and if we're honest it wouldn't really be read by many people unless it was dished out free with ...

The Dementia story has been flashed all over the news today, if one believed the government then their gimmicky plans for earlier diagnosis ...

Following on from the original list , courtesy of a kind GP I have been updated that the initial list was not nearly comprehensive enough. ...

The current government's breathtaking ignorance and stupidity never ceases to amaze me, I will shut down this blog when I can no longer ...

The following list is taken from a GP who has written of the people that she has been emailed by in her local PCT. The list speaks for itse...

One thing this government and its minions could not be accused of is reinventing the wheel and then claiming it as their own invention. For ...