The Francis Report (2013) identified multiple problems relating to the safety culture of Stafford Hospital in the period 2005 - 2009, as well as serious...
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Dr Clare Gerada and Richard Jones work for the Practitioner Health Programme (PHP), a specialist service for doctors and dentists in the London area with...
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It’s a standard question for those about to sit a Specialist Training (ST) interview; you are on call and you call a senior colleague in...
ENT trainees are fully registered doctors who have responsibilities to comply with the requirements of Good Medical Practice. This includes ensuring that they put the...
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Before you take the time to read this article, be informed that it is indeed hard to be an entrepreneur. It warrants passion, sacrifice, total...
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Dr Christiansen brings over 30 years of experience as a practising otolaryngologist both in private practice and in academic medicine as Associate Professor of Clinical...
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of...
Why are we developing this technology? A key problem in drug delivery is getting the therapy to the right place in the body, which is...