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Mashup Score: 15
The next government should establish a senior cabinet level position of children’s minister to ensure that young people’s health and wellbeing are at the heart of all policy making, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said. In an exit interview with The BMJ Camilla Kingdon, who stepped down last month after three years in the post, said that with a general election looming it was vital to push for a strong voice in government to represent children’s interests.1 Last month the college published an updated version of its children’s manifesto for improving child health across areas where outcomes had deteriorated,2 including oral health, mental health, obesity, vaccination coverage, and exposure …
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Mashup Score: 0Doctors launch bid to challenge GMC over its failure to act on “high profile doctors” who spread vaccine misinformation - 12 month(s) ago
A group of doctors have launched a campaign to fund legal action against the General Medical Council (GMC) over the regulator’s alleged reluctance to investigate vaccine misinformation by fellow doctors. Around six doctors, who want to remain anonymous to reduce the risk of personal abuse, have joined forces over the GMC’s lack of action over “high profile doctors who have repeatedly claimed or…
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#BMJExclusive A group of doctors have launched a campaign to fund legal action against the General Medical Council over the regulator’s alleged reluctance to investigate vaccine misinformation by fellow doctors https://t.co/zmmCfC3IZo
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Mashup Score: 0Data privacy: GP surgery withdraws from kidney screening pilot after patients voice concerns - 1 year(s) ago
A general practice in Oxford has withdrawn from an NHS commissioned pilot with a private company to provide kidney screening at home, after patients raised data privacy concerns, The BMJ has learnt. The service,12 provided by the technology company Healthy.io, enables patients at risk of kidney disease to use a test kit and mobile phone app to conduct urine tests at home without having to go to…
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#BMJExclusive A general practice in Oxford has withdrawn from an NHS commissioned pilot with a private company to provide kidney screening at home, after patients raised data privacy concerns, The BMJ has learnt in this https://t.co/gRonARL9Ew @Garethiacobucci reports
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Mashup Score: 5Medical schools: More UK students choosing eastern Europe raises concerns over knowledge levels - 2 year(s) ago
New figures show that rising numbers of UK doctors obtained their medical degrees in countries such as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. Matthew Limb examines the issues behind the trend The number of British doctors obtaining their medical degrees in eastern Europe is increasing, raising questions about whether they are properly equipped and supported to work in the UK. New…
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#BMJExclusive New figures show that rising numbers of UK doctors obtained their medical degrees in countries such as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. What are the implications of this trend? https://t.co/ukc8yDDvoT
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Mashup Score: 10
Some NHS trusts will have to find as much as £2m extra a month this winter because their energy bills will be two to three times higher than last year’s, an investigation by The BMJ has found. Higher than expected inflation, including rising costs for gas and electricity, is “wiping out large parts of the NHS budget,” said the NHS Confederation, the body that represents NHS organisations. It…
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#BMJExclusive Hospital trusts are facing “eye watering” rises in their energy bills this coming winter and have warned that some patient care will have to be reduced to cope, an investigation by The BMJ has found https://t.co/6uBXhIlWNu
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Mashup Score: 1
Some NHS trusts will have to find as much as £2m extra a month this winter because their energy bills will be two to three times higher than last year’s, an investigation by The BMJ has found. Higher than expected inflation, including rising costs for gas and electricity, is “wiping out large parts of the NHS budget,” said the NHS Confederation, the body that represents NHS organisations. It…
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#BMJExclusive Some NHS trusts will have to find as much as £2m extra a month this winter because their energy bills will be two to three times higher than last year’s, an investigation by The BMJ has found https://t.co/6uBXhIlWNu
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Mashup Score: 3BMA tells consultants to stop carrying out non-contractual work unless properly paid - 2 year(s) ago
The BMA has published a “rate card” to guide NHS consultants in England on how much to charge their employers for non-contractual work. It provides three minimum recommended rates, ranging from £150 (€180; $180) to £250 an hour (box 1). It also provides equivalent programmed activities (PAs). The card is valid immediately and will be reviewed again in September. Box 1 ### Recommended minimum…
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#BMJExclusive The BMA has published a “rate card” to guide NHS consultants in England on how much to charge their employers for non-contractual work. It provides three minimum recommended rates and equivalent programmed activities https://t.co/XRYoTV1PS9
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Mashup Score: 6White doctors in London are six times more likely to be offered jobs than black doctors - 3 year(s) ago
White doctors applying for medical posts in London are six times more likely to be offered a job than black applicants, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show. The new data also show that white doctors are four times more likely to be successful than Asian candidates or candidates from a mixed ethnic background. The figures were uncovered by Sheila Cunliffe, a senior human…
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White doctors applying for medical posts in London are six times more likely to be offered a job than black applicants and four times more likely to be successful than Asian candidates or those from a mixed ethnic background, figures show https://t.co/rLCZCqQGNM #BMJExclusive
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Mashup Score: 19White doctors in London are six times more likely to be offered jobs than black doctors - 3 year(s) ago
White doctors applying for medical posts in London are six times more likely to be offered a job than black applicants, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show. The new data also show that white doctors are four times more likely to be successful than Asian candidates or candidates from a mixed ethnic background. The figures were uncovered by Sheila Cunliffe, a senior human…
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White doctors applying for medical posts in London are six times more likely to be offered a job than black applicants, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show #BMJExclusive https://t.co/Q42ELU35SU
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Mashup Score: 3
Trusts must be more responsive to the needs of pregnant women and their partners, researchers have said, after finding that they have been slow to lift bans imposed on attending scans and births, creating a postcode lottery on access. Most trusts in England banned partners attending antenatal scans during the first peak of covid-19 in March and most still had restrictions in place in August,…
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#BMJExclusive Most trusts in England banned partners attending antenatal scans during the first peak of covid-19 in March and most still had restrictions in place in August, show findings from FOI requests from public health academics @Cambridge_Uni https://t.co/PZmFY7xJ0W
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#BMJExclusive The next government should establish a senior cabinet level position of children’s minister to ensure that young people’s health and wellbeing are at the heart of all policy making, @CamillaKingdon, outgoing president of @RCPCHtweets has said https://t.co/2ReVF6uHvP