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Are you practising evidence based medical leadership?

The annual British Social Attitudes survey has now reported its conclusions on the UK public’s level of satisfaction with the NHS in 2015. There’s a significant disappointing shift compared to the previous year’s results.  Overall levels of satisfaction have declined and levels of dissatisfaction have increased. You may, or may not be surprised. As a […]

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How much should we spend on this patient?

The funding of the NHS is a political hot potato. It has been a contentious issue even before the service first launched way back in 1948. Points of alignment between opposing politicians, doctors, tax-payers and patient representatives have been few and far between. Not only do we have disagreements about how money comes in but […]

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Doctor: Can you diagnose this behaviour please?

I recently had a discussion with a doctor – let’s call him Dr John – as part of our support for his preparations for a forthcoming Consultant Interview.  Dr John was delighted to have been successfully included on the shortlist for a position in his ideal location. In line with common practice he had tried […]

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The junior doctors dispute: compromise or collaborate?

Agreement between Jeremy Hunt and the Junior Doctors’ representatives to meet at ACAS in an effort to resolve the current pay dispute comes as no surprise.  Both sides appear to be maintaining an aggressive mindset. For regular readers of Oxford Medical Training’s Insights Blog we have been regularly commenting on the development of the crisis, exploring […]

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When should a doctor settle for being ‘adequate’?

News that disciplinary action is now being taken against EU doctors over English language skills prompted an interesting discussion at one of our regular Teach the Teacher Courses for Doctors last week. The initial focus of the discussion was around the subject of assessment: why should doctors be assessed and on what; where, when and […]

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Why do patients disregard doctor’s advice

With Government/doctor politics dominating the media’s health agenda in recent times, other stories easily to slip past without much fanfare.  One such example was the report on the BBC that one million pounds was being invested by researches to identify why patients disregard their doctor’s advice. It is believed that up to half of medications […]

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Improving leadership is key to tackling NHS safety concerns

The Care Quality Commission’s State of Care 2014/15 reports that three quarters of hospitals and one third of GP services inspected so far had problems with safety.  If you listen carefully you will be able to hear the general public’s alarm being drowned out by the wall of groans of doctors up and down the […]

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What’s new at Oxford Medical Training

At Oxford Medical Training we support thousands of doctors each year through our training events, programmes and materials.  We continue to develop the services that we offer you and have now added the following events to our calendar. Improving English Language Skills Course for Doctors Consultant Interview Course now launched in Glasgow Our Advanced Communication […]

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Immigration: The political hot topic and the relevance to doctors

 Immigration is without doubt one of the most contentious subjects in the news over the past couple of months.  Earlier this week Home Secretary Theresa May stated thathigh levels of immigration make it impossible to have a cohesive society. Whatever your views on the matter, immigration undoubtedly has direct implications to practising as a doctor. […]

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Kubler-Ross, Doctors and the 7 day NHS

In a recent Insights post we explored whereJeremy Hunt may have gone wrongin his efforts to force a 7 Day NHS with greater availability of doctors at the weekend.  In this post we will look at this issue from the experience of doctors, relate this to the work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and then consider the […]

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