In 2003 the role of PA, then known as Physician Assistant, was introduced to the NHS. Some had trained as a Physician Assistant in the USA – a 3 year course there in comparison with 3 years in the UK. The numbers here were small and few of us were aware of them. (more…)
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More cash for the NHS is not enough
Both Labour and the Conservative pledges on the NHS announced recently amount to continued hardship and austerity in the face of record demands for services and increasing reliance on for-profit services, often in such a way that the public cannot readily discern the role private healthcare providers play – or the cash they take out….
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DFNHS Joins Call for Elected Scrutiny Panels
DFNHS has joined with 15 other organisations in presenting evidence to Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) Inquiry into NHS leadership, performance and patient safety, in a bid to improve the way disciplinary procedures are carried out in hospitals. The Inquiry accepted the evidence to consider. (more…)
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Peter Fisher Essay Prize 2024
The Peter Fisher Essay Prize, open to all doctors in training, carries a first prize of £500 and second prize of £200. It is now in its seventh year. (more…)
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A healthy reputation
Reputations are fragile and easily dashed. All the more so in the age of social media. (more…)
Seeing the danger is the first step
People can see it’s bad. They know the NHS is in trouble. If asked, most will agree that a slight hike in income tax – hypothecated to the NHS – is acceptable and necessary. They know staff are working too hard, for too long. They know it is becoming harder to get timely treatment. (more…)
Physician Associates: Death Row for the Family Doctor?
It is clear that doctors in our NHS are increasingly unhappy and the workforce is crumbling fromdemoralisation and abandonment. This situation has been gestating for many years. Government and planners have hoped to substantially remedy this problem by depressurising doctors by delegating substantially more of their workload to other staff and agencies. This ‘substantially more’….
Hard times, hard choices
Anything as complex, large and difficult as a national health service will have problems. The greatest mistake anyone could make is to assume the NHS is itself the problem. (more…)
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Whistleblowers’ Review – evidence must be asked for
The government’s Review of the whistleblowing framework was long overdue before the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital became known in all their terrible and harrowing detail. (more…)
NHS 75: will we have any happy returns?
As our NHS shows increasing signs of its own sickness, many are calling for more funds, staffing and technology. These may be necessary but are certainly not sufficient. What else of importance are we missing? (more…)