In which area of medicine is a doctor best rewarded?
Maybe there is a hierarchy of medical roles which is somewhat reflected in pay for different specialisms. In the US, for
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How did UK medicine get on in the 2019 New Year’s Honours list?
The honours system is like the curate’s egg – good in parts and rotten in others – but people try
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70 Years of the NHS
70 years ago, a woman named Edna was nearing the end of an 18-hour labour, presumably desperate for the ordeal
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Does the UK have enough doctors?
According to the General Medical Council (GMC) we have about 237,000 doctors in the UK, but they fall into different
Read moreWhat is Medical Indemnity? #theGPcrisis
The rising costs of medical indemnity have been hitting the headlines recently, causing GPs to retire and do less out-of-hours
Read moreTo Resuscitate or Not to Resuscitate: That is the question
When a patient is admitted into hospital they are sometimes accompanied by a sheet of paper containing directives that go
Read moreArtificial Intelligence and Doctors
A single 10 minute consultation with your local GP costs the NHS £39. If you visit the nurse it will
Read moreYour weekly BMJ digest – 30/9/17
Did you miss me? I know, I know – I never called, I never wrote. Were you feeling bereft without
Read moreYour weekly BMJ digest – 06/5/17
Another week, another BMJ, but there is one thing you can rely on. During my many painful hours reading the
Read moreYour weekly BMJ digest – 22/4/17
It’s that time of the week again, folks. I know, I know, you’re all clamouring for the latest from the
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