Physicians in training will begin participating in the world’s largest survey of postgraduate medical education later today (March 24). The national training study (NTS) involves more than 50,000 doctors and is viewed as a vital step of the quality of medical education and training in the UK. For the very first time this year the study will check out the environment in which medical professionals are trained; how relatively doctors feel they are being dealt with, and if their posts assist build confidence. This follows concerns raised in previous years’ survey by medical professionals in training over undermining and bullying. Some 8 % of doctors who finished the survey in 2014 said they had experienced bullying and simply under 14 % reported seeing bullying. Niall Dickson, President of the General Medical Council, said: …
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The 2 officers detained the blackmailers, but then referred the photo to a senior colleague who reported it to Pemsel’s bosses at University Health center Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The doctor now deals with being struck off for misbehavior. Dr Rupert Pemsel Image: Cavendish The sexual encounter took place on December 29, 2013 when Pemsel was working at the Princess Anne Healthcare facility in Southampton, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester was told. The medical professional – whose wife Sheyi works as a GP at a local surgery – had actually been extremely respected amongst associates and clients for helping raise money for Hampshire and Isle of Wight air ambulance and for his voluntary work assisting the poor and sick in the Gambia. But representing the General Medical Council, lawyer Paul Wak …
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A Liverpool healthcare facility physician who offered a client a vasectomy by error has confessed a raft of misconduct charges. Associate expert in urology Dr Nanikram Vaswani was indicated to be eliminating scar tissue from the patient – but a string of failings indicated he carried out a birth control rather. A medical tribunal today heard the blunder at Broadgreen Hospital in February 2014 (find out more) left the client “physically and mentally traumatised”. Dr Vaswani admitted cannot confirm the client’s identity, not evaluating the patient’s medical notes and not following surgical checklists. He also confessed cannot notify an expert or the healthcare facility trust after realising his mistake and not keeping a record of his discussions with the patient in the after-effects. Dr Vaswani aimed to reverse th …
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Doctors who carry out cosmetic procedures must allow clients time to think before agreeing to go ahead with treatment, according to new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC is now talking to the general public and doctors about this and other propositions to make cosmetic treatments much safer. The new guidance sets out the standards that will be anticipated of all UK physicians who carry out cosmetic treatments, both surgical and non-surgical. It also aims to assist clients understand what to get out of their physician. Some of the key points in the brand-new guidance are that medical professionals will: The cosmetic sector is a quickly broadening area that has gone from being a niche market to a popular service that is now extensively readily available. But there are specific issues about patient security and whether …
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The GMC highlights the need for further reform of medical regulation Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, stated: ‘We are deeply disappointed that the federal government has not taken this opportunity to enhance patient security by modernising the regulation of healthcare specialists. ‘The UK Government, the devolved administrations and undoubtedly all the primary political parties have stated their dedication to reforming our legislation to make it possible for reliable, independent policy. The Mid-Staffordshire inquiry highlighted the essential value of efficient policy focussed on promoting safe, caring client care rather than, as frequently in the past, intervening only after clients have been harmed. ‘In spite of all we have done to reform our services, the truth is …
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A doctor cleared of any misdeed over 4 deaths in Alderney ought to be helped to reconstruct his medical practice, an island agent has said. Dr Rory Lyons was unable to practice while the General Medical Council and Guernsey Authorities investigated. The cases were later on dropped. A recent report was critical of the Health and Social Services Department’s (HSSD) handling of its investigation. States member Louis Jean said it must now assist the GP. “Exactly what I think I wish to see now is [the] HSSD assisting him in trying to put right some of exactly what’s gone wrong by helping him get his practice reopened and doing what they can to assist him and the patients who have suffered a lot suffering,” he stated. The Policy Council of the States of Guernsey and the Policy and Finance Committee of the State …
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General Medical Council ‘Dr James Halcrow’s death is a dreadful tragedy – he was a young medical professional with a bright future in the career. ‘It would be wrong for me to comment on the details of this extremely sad case. Exactly what I can state is we are determined to do everything we can to lower the pressure and anxiety for doctors in our procedures. It will constantly be a difficult experience but we wish to offer whatever assistance we can to help them through the process. ‘We have a duty to safeguard the public but we wish to ensure that the treatments we have to follow in our examinations are as delicate and caring as possible. Where there are issues about the health of a medical professional, our aim is to obtain them back to work as soon as it is safe to do so.’ The GMC has recently published …
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