Lab Rat or Button Monkey?

I have about staff levels within Pathology for the last couple months.  The trigger for my train of thought was the news that nurses will have to get a degree.  The initial concerns were that degree educated nurses would not want to get their hands dirty doing the routine tasks in the job.  It seems [...]

I saw an interesting piece on the BBC news site.  It talked about a report from the Royal College of Surgeons that suggests that the 48 hour per week work limit for doctors is potentially damaging patient care.  The original report can be found here. Whilst the report does contain some valid points e.g. continuity [...]

I have been re-examining the content of the training site and realised I could add some extra RSS feeds to the front page.  I have added feeds from the Department of Health and the NHS. I hope these extra feeds prove to be a good resource.  If any one can suggest other suitable feeds, I [...]

The NHS IT project for computerised records has hit yet more problems.  It seems that any IT project  will have problems but this project has been hit more than most.  Only the air traffic control centre at Swanwick seems to be worse