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Doctors could be reprimanded over inaccurate tweets

Doctors could face regulatory action if they publish “misleading” information on social media, according to proposed new guidance. Tik Toks, tweets and Instagram posts could be scrutinised by the medical regulator if a doctor is reported for a ...

27 Apr 2022 at 01:25

GMC warns of high risk of doctor burnout

The NHS backlog of care cannot be properly addressed with an “exhausted and depleted supply of clinicians”, the General Medical Council (GMC) has warned. The UK doctors’ regulator said that the “risk of burnout is now the highest it has ever ...

19 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Systems and processes failed neurologist’s patients, inquiry finds

Systems and processes in place around patient safety failed in terms of the work of a Belfast-based neurologist, an inquiry has found. Dr Cathy Jack, chief executive of the Belfast Health Trust, has apologised to Dr Michael Watt’s former ...

21 Jun 2022 at 16:58

Health chief pledges to rebuild trust after Independent Neurology Inquiry report

A senior health chief has vowed to work to rebuild trust following a damning report into the response to complaints raised about a Belfast neurologist. The Independent Neurology Inquiry found systems and processes around patient safety ...

21 Jun 2022 at 19:21

Doctors cutting back hours to protect wellbeing, says regulator

Doctors are at “breaking point” and many are cutting back their hours to protect their wellbeing, the medical regulator has warned. The General Medical Council (GMC) said doctors are “taking matters into their own hands” by reducing ...

08 Aug 2024 at 00:01

New guidance for NHS staff to tackle toxic workplace cultures

Guidance on how doctors should behave in work has been revised for the first time in a decade, outlining new standards on sexual harassment, whistleblowing and bullying to ensure staff “feel supported to speak out”. The General ...

22 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Majority of UK doctors soon likely to be women, says regulator

The majority of UK medics could soon be women, according to the profession’s regulator. The workforce was close to reaching “parity” between male and female doctors, a new report by the General Medical Council (GMC) said. Some ...

28 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Isle of Man takes another step towards assisted dying law

The Isle of Man has taken another step towards becoming the first part of the British Isles to have an assisted dying law, after a key stage in the legislative process was completed. Following seven days of debate across ...

09 Jul 2024 at 16:42

Trainee doctors ‘experiencing micro-aggression and negative comments at work’

More than a quarter of trainee doctors have been treated unfairly or unprofessionally by colleagues, according to a new survey. The national training survey 2023 was compiled by the General Medical Council (GMC). It is ...

11 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

GMC argues for erasure of neurologist Dr Michael Watt from medical register

The General Medical Council (GMC) has argued during a tribunal for the erasure from the medical register of the neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients. It comes after Dr Michael ...

03 Nov 2023 at 12:54

Northern Ireland

Neurologist Dr Michael Watt withdraws lawyer from fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients has withdrawn his legal representative from a tribunal considering his fitness to practise. A lawyer for Belfast-based neurologist ...

27 Oct 2023 at 11:11

Northern Ireland

Neurologist gave patients drugs with toxic side-effects, tribunal told

An assessment report into a Belfast-based neurologist found that he repeatedly failed to make correct diagnoses, which led to patients inappropriately being given drugs with “serious and toxic side-effects”, a ...

04 Sept 2023 at 11:56

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