Handwashing talks are the same the world over. Last time I wrote about handwashing, I got my wrists slapped by my colleagues in infection control. […]
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MTAS row hits Westminster
The government’s Modernising Medical Careers agenda, following the MTAS march at the weekend, hit Westminster yesterday as health secretary Patricia Hewitt faced questioning from MPs led by Conservative health spokesman […]
March aftermath
After yesterday’s march, protestors will be pleased to see their photos in at least some of the Sunday papers, including The Sunday Times and the front page of The Sunday […]
Thousands march in MTAS protest
Police estimate at least 10,000 protestors joined the MTAS march in London today — far more than they or the organisers had expected. And a further 500 supported the march […]
Review body issues recommendations
The first round of MTAS applications is to go ahead, despite the reported problems. The announcement was made at 8pm Friday evening after all day discussions by the review group. […]
Deanery head defends MTAS
On the eve of the march tomorrow, Elizabeth Paice, dean director at the London postgraduate medical deanery and chair of Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans, has defended the new system […]
Review group meets today
With a day to go until the marches in London and Glasgow, the review group set up to overhaul the MTAS process meets today. News on their progress may be […]
5000 people expected to protest
As many as 5000 people might turn up for the protest marches in London and Glasgow at the weekend, according to one of the doctors at Remedy UK, the organisation […]
How the MTAS crisis began
The timeline below gives an at-a-glance guide to how the crisis over junior doctors’ job applications began. […]
Fiona Godlee: Confessions of a climate criminal
I’ve been outed. Not for my exotic sexual preferences, sadly, but for being a climate hypocrite. A West Coast operation called Medgadget has set up a website tracking my travels […]