Tag Archives: doctor locum agency

06
Apr

Statins and Alzheimer’s

Statins have been in the news again, with banner headlines in the Daily Express proclaiming “Statins halt Alzheimer’s”.  This is extremely misleading, but may have given false hope to patients and their families. A small research project on mice bred to … Continue reading →

Published Date: 6th April 2012
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30
Nov

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT PANELS

Family GPs could soon be stripped of their powers to write sick notes for long term absentees from work if recommendations in a new government report are adopted. The government’s ‘Independent Review of Sickness Absence’ report is expected to make … Continue reading →

Published Date: 30th November 2011
 Category: doctor jobs
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29
Aug

Who’d want to be a junior doctor

At the beginning of August over 7,000 newly qualified medical doctors walked into their first real job.  A job that is one of the most demanding on the planet.  They will diagnose and treat real people – saving lives in … Continue reading →

Published Date: 29th August 2011
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29
Jul

Social Media Warning for Health Professionals

Health professionals have been asked to take extra care when using social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. This follows similar warnings issued to nurses and midwives after medical staff were suspended or struck-off the register for improper posts. The … Continue reading →

Published Date: 29th July 2011
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20
Jun

Govt Call for Vitamin D Strategy

10 YEAR GOVERNMENT STUDY CALLS FOR A NATIONAL STRATEGY ON VITAMIN D INTAKE A ten year governmental study into the British diet has concluded that deficiencies in vitamin D intake are weakening bones and creating long term health problems in … Continue reading →

Published Date: 20th June 2011
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27
May

Scottish Society of Aneasthetists

MP Locums sponsored a stand and a Presentation award at the Scottish Society of Anaesthetists’ Annual Conference this month in Crieff Hydro.   All in all a very enjoyable day meeting anaesthetists from all over the country – we’ve captured the … Continue reading →

Published Date: 27th May 2011
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28
Apr

Health care under pressure

Recently released figures have confirmed that a growing demographic timebomb in Scotland threatens to put increasing pressure on services such as health. Scotland saw its population grow to 5,222,100 (in 2010) and official projections from the National Records of Scotland … Continue reading →

Published Date: 28th April 2011
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05
Apr

Prescription Charges

While the current coalition government pauses its Health and Social Care Bill, the current furore over prescription charges has largely faded into the background. On the 1st April, Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party abolished prescription charges in … Continue reading →

Published Date: 5th April 2011
 Category: health news, locums jobs, medical locum agency
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18
Mar

The weather’s good, the team’s growing, springtime is here..

We welcomed 2 new members into the team last month, so if you phone up and get a different voice on the other end of the line don’t worry, we are expanding to meet the needs of our members and … Continue reading →

Published Date: 18th March 2011
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22
Feb

Caring for the elderly as a Locum GP

A new report by the NHS ombudsman has highlighted a number of problems within the NHS regarding health care for the elderly. The report spotlighted ten harrowing cases of neglect where elderly patients were deemed to have been mistreated. The … Continue reading →

Published Date: 22nd February 2011
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