Rawlstock/Getty Images Dr Mark Watson’s actions consisted of sexual harassment, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said A doctor accused of pouring beer down a younger colleague’s cleavage before licking it off and touching her breasts has been suspended for a year. Dr Mark Johnson, who was working at West Suffolk Hospital at the time of … Read more
Golfers at Jayachamara Wadiyar Golf course in Mysuru. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Course (JWGC) will be organising its Junior Golf and Summer Swimming camp during April-May this year for children in the age group of 7 to 15 years. Golf camp The Junior Golf camp aimed at providing young golfers … Read more
Doctors during their hunger strike amid rain over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI Junior doctors continued their ‘fast-unto-death’ for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday (October 9, 2024), demanding justice for the R.G. Kar rape murder victim and workplace safety. Doctors Snigdha Hazra, Tanaya Panja … Read more
Dr Lily Huang Dr Lily Huang, who works in London, supports the name change Junior doctors working across the NHS will now be called resident doctors instead – in a change intended to better reflect their expertise. The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), which called for the change, called the term junior “infantilising … Read more
PA Media Junior doctors in England have accepted the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute. Members of the British Medical Association backed the deal with 66% voting in favour. Nearly 46,000 took part in the online ballot. It brings to an end the 18-month dispute, which saw … Read more
BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good … Read more
BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good … Read more
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday asked the advocates to shed away paternalistic approach towards junior lawyers and said paying them pretty low amounts leads to ‘gatekeeping’ of the profession. After inaugurating celebrations here to mark the 20th anniversary of the setting up of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, the … Read more
39 minutes ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor, BBC News Reuters Mr Streeting was speaking at the Tony Blair Institute Future of Britain conference Face-to-face talks between junior doctors unhappy over pay and the new health and secretary have begun. Wes Streeting says the government cannot afford or commit to the 35% rise the doctors want … Read more
2 hours ago By Maria Zaccaro, BBC News PA The new Health Secretary Wes Streeting says negotiations with junior doctors will begin next week in an attempt to end a long-running pay dispute. The Ilford North MP said he spoke with the British Medical Association (BMA) on Friday ahead of starting fresh talks, as he branded the … Read more