Dr Hamish Meldrum, a GP from East Yorkshire has been elected chairman of the BMA Council. Dr Meldrum, who has been chairman of the BMA’s GPs Committee since 2004, was elected in a three-way contest at a meeting of the BMA Council today (Thursday 28 June 2007), following the Association’s...
Dr Hamish Meldrum Elected BMA Chairman, UK
Junior Doctor Tells Of Job Application Despair, BMA News, UK
The junior doctor who heckled former secretary Patricia Hewitt on BBC1’s Question Time has told of his heartbreak over the failed recruitment process. London SHO in cardiology Philip Smith said his passionate and emotional heckling of Ms Hewitt last month as she attempted to defend the flawed MTAS...
Respiratory Ailments Leading Reasons Why ER Doctors Hospitalize Children And Teens, USA
About 3 of every 10 children and teens who are admitted to the hospital from the emergency room have asthma, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or another respiratory disorder, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Asthma alone accounted for more than...
Clare Brown, Chief Executive Of Infertility Network UK Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Clare Brown, Chief Executive of the Infertility Network UK (I N UK) is to be presented with the World Fertility Awareness Month Lifetime Achievement Award at the occasion of the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) on Saturday 30 June. This award...
Food Safety Controls: Almost Half Of Rapid Alert System Notifications Concern Imports Rejected At EU Border
About 45% of notifications to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in 2006 concerned products from third countries which were blocked at the border by EU control authorities when the risks were identified. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou today visited the border inspection...
General Optical Council - News From Council Meeting, 28 June 2007GOC Supports Early Move To Independent Adjudication Body
The General Optical Council recently gave its formal support to transferring responsibility for hearings to a new Independent Adjudication Body at the earliest opportunity. The new body will be set up as a result of recommendations in the Government’s White Paper on professional regulation, and...
American Pharmacists Association Seeks Nominations For The Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announces that nominations are now being accepted for the Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award. The award will be presented at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California, March 14 - 17, 2008. APhA’s Awards and Honors program...
BMA Granted Judicial Review Over GP Pensions,UK
The British Medical Association is taking the government to court to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision to cap the pensions of GPs. As the BMA met for its Annual Representatives Meeting (ARM) in Torquay, news came through that leave has been granted for a Judicial Review of Patricia Hewitt’s...
Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions Doubled In Last 10 Years According To Latest Official Figures, UK
The latest compendium of figures issued recently by the independent provider of official health and social care statistics, the Information Centre (The IC) show how hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol consumption have more than doubled in the last 10 years. In 2005/06, there were 187,640...
Streamlining The System For NHS Continuing Care, UK
Thousands of people in England are likely to receive more help towards their care costs, said Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis, a few days ago. The new National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare, published recently, has been developed in close consultation with voluntary groups, professional...