As Streeting concentrates on his leadership challenge in May - diagnostic waiting times rise !!
Streeting failing to cut wait times for vital scans telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04…
Britain’s spiralling master’s degree crisis – and the jobless graduates who have no other option
A masters degree now has been massively devalued with very little added value in knowledge than a base degree…and it’s £20k for the privilege 😱 telegraph.co.uk/money/consum…
Locum Cons in Orthopaedics (Hip, Knee Arthroplasty & Soft Tissue)
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Licences GMC Teaching
Education
•Doctoral degree
Job details
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Pay
£125 - £150 a day ⬆️….😂😂
Mean while ….away from Streetings leadership campaign 👀👀
New data for England show that the number of people waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed following a decision to admit them stood at 71,517 in January, up sharply from 50,775 in December.
Team work = dream work ……great to meet up today with Dr John Murray at the Brew Dog Stadium for :
Liverpool W v Aston Villa W ……with a combined fire 🔥 power of 45 years of inner city Emergency Medicine experience between us…….pitch and crowd cover 😎 ✅
Statement from College of Paramedics regarding current ‘Advanced Clinical Practice’ - Doctor replacement activities in the NHS 👀👀👀
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Breaking News
NHS Negligence ⬆️
The committee said government liability for clinical negligence had quadrupled over two decades, reaching £60 billion in 2024-2025, but that repeated reviews and commitments to improve patient safety had failed to translate into sustained change.
RFL rules have just been revised about who can perform the duties of a doctor at RFL matches in all divisions!!
Following a recent change to the RFL’s Medical Standards, Rugby League clubs can no longer use Doctor Equivalents for the care of our players in Rugby League games
Hot off the press 🔥
June 26 ….The RSM in London hosting a unique conference bringing together Emergency Medicine and the Society for Acute Medicine……no doubt plenty to discuss …..see the RSM website for further details and programme….corporate sponsorship available too😎!!
A&Es ‘under siege’ from patients arriving with hiccups
You can’t blame patients for turning to A&E - the one place left in acute care where you at least have a chance of seeing a qualified doctor!!
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12…
USA courts fight back against health care staff who try to deceive patients by calling themselves doctors.
‘California nurses with doctorates do not have the right to call themselves doctors, a federal court ruled, upholding a state law that regulates health titles’
“Just over a third of licensed GPs in the UK did not work for the NHS in 2024, up from around a quarter in 2015, according to a BMJ study.”
It will be 50% by 2028/9🤓
Study finds despite 40,000 “assistant” roles on the payroll ……patients want to see a doctor !!
RCEM poster explains level of entrustment / supervision / trainee / clinical staff/ based on Consultant location …..from the same clinical room in the hospital ……..to at home in bed in the same county!!