Workforce Incentive Program: What will the new year bring? newsGP summarises the changes to government workforce incentives coming into effect in 2020.
Overworked junior doctors worried they will harm patients A survey of junior doctors working in hospitals found nearly two-thirds fear making a clinical error due to exhaustion, sparking renewed calls for cultural change.
‘Medicine should have no place for gender bias or discrimination’ Two female GPs in leadership roles discuss why recent negative comments on women in medicine are harmful and should be soundly rejected by the profession.
Senior doctor’s comments raise workplace culture concerns A senior obstetrician’s views on women in the workforce have sparked calls for cultural change within the medical profession.
‘Everyone can benefit from having a GP in their lives’ Recent research has seen doctor self-care under the spotlight.
Career interrupted: When the doctor becomes the patient Dr Karen Woods was working hard to advance in the career she loved – but life doesn’t always go according to plan.
eLearning portal aims to help doctors, as well as patients A suite of online education modules designed to upskill GPs and assist them in the area of osteopathy has been released.
Department of Health tackles concern over PIP QI requirements The DoH has issued a clarification regarding GP concerns over a perceived requirement for practices to develop their own data-extraction software.
Looking after yourself and your patients With doctors’ health more important than ever, the upcoming GP19 conference offers GPs the chance to examine their own wellbeing.
A GP for every doctor A GP19 Convocation item brings the important topic of doctors’ wellbeing into focus.