Daniel Pye

News and Features writer for (part of M3EU), previously worked for Newsquest. Always looking for a story! [email protected]

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Are you an unemployed resident doctor? We're looking to write an article about what unemployed doctors are doing now they have left FY2. If you're interested my DMs are open or email me at: [email protected]

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GPs are unable to spend time assessing older people at risk of falls and medication errors as they are being “overloaded” with new priorities from NHS England, according to a report. https://t.co/RVOoWiRS1M

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People in England will be able to seek treatment for more conditions at their local pharmacy without being referred back to their GP, the government has announced. https://t.co/uSQW9FG4Hj

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Tests for internationally trained doctors who want to work in the UK are being dropped at sites in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and India due to declining demand, the medical regulator has announced. https://t.co/VszkNAMhcF

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda is a “public health emergency of international concern”. https://t.co/cneECJlKJT

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More than 80% of doctors believe the way advanced practitioners are used in the NHS is a risk to patient safety, according to a large survey. https://t.co/2aIDXS3kV9

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Consultants and specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors are to vote on whether they would be willing to take strike action, the BMA has announced. https://t.co/CkeFjF30Pr

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Recent debate in the UK over the roles of both physician associates and doctors-in-training has brought the issue of job titles in healthcare into sharp focus. https://t.co/kQhvdrbZGg

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Read my deep dive into body cameras here: https://t.co/aUcqbIl6GW

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Violence has become a regular occurrence for staff working in emergency departments across England - so don't be surprised if your doctor or nurse is wearing a body camera.

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One doctor told me "If I cast back to 2015 when I qualified, [violence] felt like quite a rare occasion compared to now." He started wearing a camera when a patient pulled a knife on him.

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@hantasii It can take five minutes to write a great song, but many years of developing as an artist to produce it. That's what people miss from this I think

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A defining moment in public health policy for sure

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Doctors have hailed the arrival of the “landmark” new UK law that will prevent children aged 17 or younger from ever legally buying cigarettes. https://t.co/f8AHoMMWW6

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https://t.co/BZDRLxWvgD Health secretary Wes Streeting should not have been given new powers to set cost-effectiveness thresholds for drugs considered for the NHS by NICE, dozens of MPs have said.

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EXCLUSIVE for @TheSun - "Evil foster mum allowed her son to rape me & film abuse from the age of 5… there was a shocking reason she walked free" https://t.co/QKlPiNI0eY
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https://t.co/lL2VhnQ0NV Patients needing specialist care could face longer waits due to a government-ordered rise in GPs requesting advice, hospital doctors have warned.

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https://t.co/CMLwGTzeuF Two young people who fell through the cracks of the care system recently ended up waiting weeks in an emergency department - but this is just one example of a phenomenon happening across the nation

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https://t.co/VmeMYFZKzv Antibiotics and vaccinations are being offered to secondary school pupils in Dorset after three cases of meningococcal disease were confirmed in young people.

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The college also asked anaesthesia associates, who said they wanted improved career progression and training, and to be treated fairly

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https://t.co/r84NIsLbK8 Almost one in five anaesthetists plan to leave the NHS within five years amid widespread burnout, a Royal College of Anaesthetists report states.

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https://t.co/KPwZGzFezT Doctors have raised concerns over reports that a physician associate falsified medical notes after failing a lumbar procedure seven times.

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This is really sweet, congratulations to this couple and I hope they enjoy their retirement

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https://t.co/FSsZfIoczs Leicester A&E staff have bid farewell to husband-and-wife emergency medicine consultants who have retired after working at the trust for more than two decades.