Patients urged to still attend appointments amid doctor strikes

Patients urged to still attend appointments amid doctor strikes

Patients in the East of England have been encouraged to attend their appointments as resident doctors‘ strikes continue. Industrial action over pay will continue until 07:00 BST on Wednesday 30 July, but patients should still attend their appointments unless contacted to reschedule, said NHS England. Adam Cayley, the chief operating officer for NHS England in … Read more

Streeting vows to keep disruption to a minimum as doctor strike begins

Streeting vows to keep disruption to a minimum as doctor strike begins

Nick Triggle Health correspondent PA Media Health Secretary Wes Streeting is promising to keep NHS services running as a five-day walkout by resident doctors gets underway in England. He said the disruption would be kept to a minimum after NHS England ordered hospitals to only cancel treatments in exceptional circumstances. In previous strikes, the focus … Read more

Call off doctor strike to continue talks, Streeting tells BMA

Call off doctor strike to continue talks, Streeting tells BMA

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has written to the British Medical Association offering further talks on better working conditions – but only if they call off this week’s strike. Streeting says negotiations which began on Thursday have been constructive – but with resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, due to walk-out for five days on … Read more

IVF pioneer Lord Robert Winston quits BMA over doctor strikes

IVF pioneer Lord Robert Winston quits BMA over doctor strikes

Lord Robert Winston, a professor and TV doctor who was a pioneer of IVF treatment, has resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over planned strikes by resident doctors. Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are planning a walkout for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July over a pay dispute with … Read more

The doctor fighting for women’s health on Ukraine’s front line

The doctor fighting for women’s health on Ukraine’s front line

Serhii Baksheiev Dr Baksheiev has carried out over 1,000 gynaecological examinations in his mobile ambulance since 2022 In a rural village close to the Ukrainian front line, a group of women queue quietly outside a purple and white ambulance, waiting to be seen by a doctor with his shaved head dyed the blue and yellow … Read more

Doctor Tony Dixon faces claims over artificial mesh records

Doctor Tony Dixon faces claims over artificial mesh records

Matthew Hill Health Correspondent, BBC West BBC Tony Dixon used artificial mesh to treat hundreds of bowel problems A surgeon found to have left patients in “agony” after using artificial mesh to treat prolapsed bowels faces allegations he falsified medical notes. Tony Dixon was suspended after the surgery was found to have caused harm to … Read more

‘Fake’ doctor in Madhya Pradesh admitted he had forged several degrees, say police

‘Fake’ doctor in Madhya Pradesh admitted he had forged several degrees, say police

The police in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh are currently contacting various foreign institutions to verify the claims of alleged fake cardiologist Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav alias Narendra John Camm that he pursued medical courses abroad, officers probing the case said on Thursday. Damoh Superintendent of Police Shrutkirti Somvanshi told The Hindu that Mr. Yadav, who is accused of impersonating U.K.-based cardiologist John Camm, has a legitimate MBBS degree from … Read more