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Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Soar In North UK

... in tune with the demands, 'We probably have fewer consultants per head of the population in the North-East compared to other areas. With the increased number of people we are seeing our current home is stretched to capacity,' she said....

Hospital Trust Fined ￡100,000 after Patient Deat

...d nurses to deal with any problems. Although other consultants would go on ward rounds and supervise junior doctors more closlely this approach to supervision and management was not formalised in the trust. Richard Lissack QC, in mitigation, apologised to the family and friends of Sean Phillips for the death ...

Children Health Care To Be Given Priority

...ege of Paediatrics and Child Health, the number of consultants will have to increase from 188 in 2004-05 to almost 300 by 2013. But the opposition parties were concerned that children's NHS services could become more centralised, forcing some youngsters to travel long distances for treatment. The opposition we...

Indian Doctors have their Days Numbered

...octors. Its original plan had been to employ 7,500 consultants and 2,000 general physicians. But at present there are more than 1,17,000 doctors employed by NHS in addition to several doctors training in UK medical schools....

British Hospitals Face Financial Crisis

...ing schemes, hospital officials have proposed that consultants use a digital recorder to dictate notes that can be uploaded via the internet and sent to companies in India and elsewhere to be typed. A spokesman for RCH said: "We are reviewing ways to address a backlog of work that cannot be met, at the moment,...

Cash-Strapped Hospital loses Top Surgeons

...stic surgery units, is losing four of their senior consultants because of inadequate funds// to maintain the hosp...k of the crumbling hospital was affected. The four consultants felt that the state of the hospital reflected the limited support of the hospital's management. Acco...

First Exclusive Women’s Clinic Launched in Chennai By Apollo Hospita

...y. The integrated health care facility has over 45 consultants who will provide health care services in various disciplines. This would ensure a multifaceted approach that would be targeted at the woman rather than the disease. 'This is the first of its kind centre in India and the centre will offer state-of-t...

Referral Schemes Blamed By GPs For Treatment Delay

...lighted the need for a strong link between GPs and consultants and a transparent system that would ensure a quick and reliable health care access. 'In some parts of the country referral management schemes are mismanagement schemes. Where may be local clinicians have been consulted and involved in designing the...

Medical Ethics Violated By Prison Officials In Guantanamo Bay

... 'Psychiatrists should not participate or serve as consultants for coercive interrogations involving methods such as degradation, threats, isolation, imposition of fear, humiliation, sleep deprivation' said a statement issued by American Psychological Association task force....

UCI Closed Its Liver Transplant Program

...irectly to the chancellor, and bringing in outside consultants to review the hospital's progress over the past four years....

Doctor Shortage Affects Women And Babies' Health

...h in jeopardy. // The report also called for 1,000 consultants to be appointed so that this shortage can be overc...tors from taking it up. Currently, there are 1,500 consultants with 2 percent vacancies and the repot said that the UK should ideally have 2,500 consultants. React...

More Doctors Need To be Hired

...get set may not be attained by the Executive. More consultants need to be hired in Scotland on an urgent basis, according to him. Efforts should also be taken to retain the existing work force of consultants. There is a lot of bureaucracy involved in hiring doctors which should be done away with, according to...

NHS Audit Commission Warns Possible Financial Collapse In Sussex And Surrey

...hompson. Although commission appointed financial consultants have voiced several opinions, the implementation of such measures is unlikely owing to doubts regarding performance culture. Furthermore, the deficit at Queen Elizabeth hospital is anticipated to soar to ￡100m by 2008-09, in the absence of a Governme...

Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists

...ir routine 40 hours/week. This has resulted in the consultants salary envelope to soar above the ￡100,000 mark. ...commotion waves among politicians as in some areas consultants were earning up to ￡10,000 on top of their ￡100,000 annual salaries. The health officials not only...

Government Takes Tough Stand Against Falling Sex Ratio

...will have senior retired police, legal and medical consultants so that all the areas of the situation are adequately covered. Sting operation to nab the culprits will not harass pregnant women, he stressed. The falling sex ratio is a genuine cause for concern in India, where even today the birth of a girl chil...

More collaborations and strengthening of India’s AIDS control body require

...in the program, India has only 15 people with more consultants in the group than the professionals and the there is only 9 professionals in the group who has to manage 30 consultants. The NACO of India is to meet this Saturday to formulate new rules and propagandas for an effective control of HIV/AIDS and the ...

Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well

...rted poor mental health and burnout among hospital consultants // in the UK, supporting the above-mentioned statement. Over 800 consultants were surveyed and a 27% prevalence of poor mental health was found among the respondents who belonge...

Testosterone patch for women Rejected For safety Reasons

...Gamble's officials and the company's paid academic consultants have been questioned by the FDA about the clinical meaningfulness of the drug's small benefits, the lack of long term data, and the scientific uncertainties that surround the link between testosterone concentrations and sexual difficulties. Procter ...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...ging the life support, say doctors. Two-thirds of consultants and nurses who had previous experience of relatives being present during testing felt that the relatives had benefited from this," Dr Stephen Bonner said in a report in the British Medical Journal. The intensive care specialist at South Cleveland H...

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