NHS trusts are still treating junior doctors as if they are expendable at a time when low morale should be a priority […]
Junior doctors
Niamh Brooks: “To be a good doctor can be painful”—career advice from Henry Marsh
What does it take to be a good doctor today? […]
Neel Sharma and Kemparaju Hari Bhaskar: Complex presentations—surely it’s time for complex training?
Students need to be trained and assessed in a way that prepares them for working with patients who increasingly have multiple pathologies and comorbidities […]
Stephen Bradley: Junior doctors can use the new contract to take back some control
The new contract for junior doctors poses many challenges, but it’s possible to use its terms to achieve a safer and fairer NHS […]
Paul Myatt: Making the NHS a great place to work for junior doctors
If the NHS is to meet the challenges it faces, trusts must do all they can to show junior doctors that they are valued and supported […]
Mary Higgins: Maslow and maternity care—how to reconcile experiences that are poles apart?
One of my medical students has a fantastic story to explain why she wants to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology. As a pre-clinical medical student, before she had ever stepped […]
Daniel Grant: We the doctors of tomorrow need to stop failing our patients and ourselves
Being a doctor should be about being human, and yet it is one of the most dehumanising jobs of all. As I sat in NESTA’s People Powered Health conference recently […]
Soham D Bhaduri: Why compulsory rural service for new doctors is a terrible idea
It’s been about four months since the Indian Ministry of Health proposed to mandate the NEXT (National Exit Test) for MBBS graduates before they become licensed and practising physicians or enter […]
People, paint, and power: Enhancing working environments and staff wellbeing
“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso Working within the NHS it is easy to find oneself questioning whether our clinical work spaces reflect […]
Oliver Loi-Koe and Anya Göpfert: HEE report seeks to address junior doctors’ morale crisis
A new report from Health Education England details plans to tackle the junior doctors’ morale crisis. Two FY2’s argue why change is urgently needed. […]