New care bundle leads to drop in death rate after emergency surgery
Four UK hospitals have achieved a huge reduction in the number of patients dying following emergency abdominal surgery, after adopting...
Read MoreImproving memory deficits following anaesthesia
General anaesthesia results in expended cognitive decline and memory deficits for many individuals following surgical procedure. Memory deficits can last...
Read MoreStudy offers new clue into how anaesthesia interacts with the brain
How anaesthetic drugs interact with the brain to block pain and induce a coma-like, memory-free state has been a mystery...
Read MoreEmergency doctors can treat paediatric pain without a needle
Children in emergency departments can safely be treated for paediatric pain from limb injuries using intranasal ketamine, a drug more...
Read MoreCare for COPD patients has improved but is still not good enough
Care for COPD patients has improved but is still not good enough The national COPD clinical audit report COPD: who...
Read MoreNearly one in ten doctors in training experience bullying
Bullying and undermining are too common in medical training, according to the General Medical Council (GMC). A survey of the...
Read More“Doctors should not fund the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)”
Doctors should not fund the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) through annual registration fees paid to the General Medical Council (GMC),...
Read MoreCME Medical awarded top training accolade
CME Medical has been awarded the Skills for Health Quality Mark for its technical training programme, showing that its training...
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