GMC&#39;s revalidation plan is still too easy on medics, says report
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The General Medical Council failed in its primary task of looking after patients because it was too involved in protecting doctors, Dame Janet Smith concludes in her fifth report into the murderous career of serial killer Harold Shipman.
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A faster, more streamlined system of assessing treatments for the NHS should be introduced, MPs say.
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WASHINGTON - Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new report from an organization that
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Primary care doctors, who sometimes review hundreds of test results each week, reported in a new study that delays in reviewing results for patients are common, and many said they are unhappy with how they manage these crucial pieces of information.
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Relatives of Harold Shipman&#39;s victims said today they were not surprised that the General Medical Council had been criticised for looking after doctors&#39; interests rather than protecting patients.
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The NHS should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.
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Casualty departments are still failing to treat people quickly enough, according to the latest figures.
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Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes &#151; and even those who come close &#151; suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh can&#39;t say yet whether a private clinic in Montreal for medical emergencies would violate the Canada Health Act, but critics say the violation is obvious.
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The story in this month&#39;s &quot;Men&#39;s Health Magazine&quot; claims that when it comes to safe sex, Detroit gets a failing grade.
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TORONTO -- Health Minister George Smitherman says the province will move ahead with its latest proposal to Ontario&#39;s doctors, even though it doesn&#39;t have their approval.
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Road casualty figures show a fall but there is controversy about their accuracy.
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GMAC LLC, the auto and mortgage lender controlled by Cerberus Capital Management LP , may face "substantial difficulty" if credit markets do not improve, Cerberus founder Stephen Feinberg wrote in a January letter to investors, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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Despite the perception that technology is the panacea that will improve patient safety and reduce medication errors, nearly 20 percent of hospital and health system medication errors reported to USP&#39;s MEDMARXSM program in 2003 involved computerization or
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Q. It&#39;s a slow road back, isn&#39;t it? You&#39;ve had the illness and injury problems earlier in this year. Did you lose confidence or what? ...
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.