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NewMediaMedicine.com Agency fees  
19:07 4-Feb-08   [Replies: 7, Views: 521]    By: Unnamed
Hardly a day seems to pass without another story of ineptitude in the NHS. On 4th February The Sunday Times reported that trusts were paying over £100 an hour for a number of agency workers. http:...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Nice work if you can get it  
12:09 31-Jan-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 378]    By: Unnamed
This story comes from the Daily Mail, so it must be true! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770 [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=51142...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Smoking ban leads more to quit  
20:37 30-Jan-08   [Replies: 11, Views: 459]    By: Unnamed
There are two things that I particularly like about the smoking ban in public places that came into force in England and Wales in July 2007. One is that I can go to a pub or restaurant and not get...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Bullying in the NHS  
19:47 29-Jan-08   [Replies: 11, Views: 573]    By: Unnamed
NHS bosses 'bully one in 12 staff' was the headline in the Observer of Sunday 27th January 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...7/nhs.bullying [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Poor maternity services  
17:03 25-Jan-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 416]    By: Unnamed
A vast amount of money has been thrown at the NHS but where is the "world class service" that we were promised? This time it is the turn of maternity services to be criticised. http://...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Cooking in schools  
12:11 24-Jan-08   [Replies: 16, Views: 896]    By: Unnamed
The Government has announced a plan for all children aged 11-14 to be given cooking lessons in school. Is this just another "initiative" to grab some headlines or is it a real contributi...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Physios on the scrapheap too  
12:07 22-Jan-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 466]    By: Unnamed
On 21st January 2008 the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP)released a report that said that "Half of all physiotherapists who graduated in England in 2007 have been unable to find a ...
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NewMediaMedicine.com 17,000 deaths from NHS underperformance  
16:16 18-Jan-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 445]    By: Unnamed
The claim that more than 17,000 patients a year die due to NHS underperformance makes complelling reading. This comes in a report called "Wasted Lives" from The Taxpayers Alliance. The...
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GhettoMedic.com Filipino nurses face criminal charges  
07:57 18-Jan-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 224]    By: Unnamed
Quote: Originally Posted by Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - For months, the nurses complained that they were subject to demeaning and unfair work...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Curbing the cost of drugs  
18:25 17-Jan-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 580]    By: Unnamed
Over the past 10 years the cost of drugs to the NHS has risen from £4 billion to £8.2billion. The reader may be forgive for believing that this is due to the proligacy of GPs who get wined, dined ...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Opt out organ donation system  
17:31 13-Jan-08   [Replies: 43, Views: 3203]    By: Unnamed
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domest...23657620080113 [http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1323657620080113]> Sense at last? ...
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NewMediaMedicine.com House Calls  
21:47 11-Jan-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 731]    By: Unnamed
Whatever happened to this practice? Do any doctors or prospective doctors want to go back to this style of care? It just seemed like such a great model of patient interaction: the doctor is allowe...
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GhettoMedic.com Left For Dead Update:  
03:25 11-Jan-08   [Replies: 13, Views: 429]    By: Unnamed
Union Official: Paramedic Was Following Training Fire Chief: 'Medical Protocol Was Definitely Violated' SAN ANTONIO -- A paramedic was acting according to his training when he moved on to ...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Violence to doctors  
12:18 10-Jan-08   [Replies: 70, Views: 2689]    By: Unnamed
The BMA has issued a report on violence in the workplace. http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/violence08 [http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/violence08]> It has also been summarised as "...
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GhettoMedic.com Better chance of Survival?  
05:08 6-Jan-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 254]    By: Unnamed
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5422068.html [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5422068.html]> This article in Thursday's paper shows a study that if you have a hear...
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NewMediaMedicine.com The Death of the Doctor's White Coat.  
18:19 5-Jan-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 653]    By: Unnamed
In light of recent superbugs such as the MRSA virus, the traditional white coat has been labelled a harbinger of infection. What has been conventionally considered a symbol of status will soon be ...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Junior doctors on the scrap heap  
16:58 5-Jan-08   [Replies: 80, Views: 5826]    By: Unnamed
Last August MTAS was a disaster and we were told that it would not happen again. Now we are told that for August 2008 there are likely to be 23,000 applicants for 9,000 training jobs. As one who h...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Governance of alternative medicine  
12:29 5-Jan-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 381]    By: Unnamed
The Times reported (Saturday 5th Jan 2008) that a new body was to be set up to oversee complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle3134337.ece [http://w...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Ban on wrist watches  
14:38 4-Jan-08   [Replies: 56, Views: 2883]    By: Unnamed
Before long a dictat from the DoH is supposed to come into force demanding that all doctors, in hospitals at least, are bare below the elbows. This is supposed to facilitate hygeine and to help re...
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GhettoMedic.com Vagus Nerve Stimulation  
03:18 30-Dec-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 230]    By: Unnamed
Hey- Have any of you heard of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for the treatment of refractory epilepsy and treatment resistant depression? It is a device that is implanted in a persons left che...
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NewMediaMedicine.com Treating the Dead  
04:03 24-Dec-07   [Replies: 15, Views: 1696]    By: Admin
Article in Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/id/35045 [http://www.newsweek.com/id/35045]> The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself. ...
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XenoMed.com Dr. Robert Koch & His Discoveries!!!  
15:50 21-Dec-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 252]    By: Unnamed
Dr. Robert Koch & his Discoveries: Name: Dr. Robert Koch ...
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XenoMed.com One step dental implant delivery system  
06:26 15-Dec-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 19]    By: Unnamed
A Dental implants [http://www.rajkrishnan.com/]>healing screw formed from two pieces: a threaded shaft and a collar. The healing screw functions as a conventional healing cap to protect the coron...
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GhettoMedic.com Ebola Outbreak Uganda  
19:45 9-Dec-07   [Replies: 8, Views: 239]    By: Unnamed
Uganda has now risen to 93, including 22 fatalities. Laboratory analysis has confirmed the presence of a new species of the virus in 9 of these cases. Four health care workers are among the fatali...
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XenoMed.com सुख्खा छाला..  
13:29 9-Dec-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 229]    By: sprimal
सुख्खा छालाका लागिसौर्न्दर्य स...
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