Police chiefs slams GMC for failing to strike paedophile doctor off
Dr Steve Burn downloaded indecent images of children on his work computer but the GMC only suspended him for 12 months after he begged for another chance (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: gmc mick creedon Dr seven burn struck off royal derby hospital Derbyshire police Source Type: news
Stepping Hill murderer set to be struck off register
Convicted murderer Victorino Chua has been struck off the nursing register by a fitness to practise panel, pending appeal. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 13, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurse struck off by NMC for indecent images
A mental health nurse has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register, after admitting making and possessing indecent images of children
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Source: Nursing in Practice - September 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: ltrevallion Tags: Professional Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news
Care home nurses struck off after 'neglect led to patient deaths'
Three nurses have been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for poor care which in some cases led to patient deaths at a nursing home in south Wales. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 3, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Guidelines set to tackle over-prescribing of antibiotics
"GPs face axe for handing out too many pills," the Daily Mail reports. The headline is prompted by remarks made by Professor Mark Baker, clinical practice chief at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) which has published new guidelines on antibiotic prescribing.The guidelines are an attempt to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics is leading to the organisms causing these infections adapting and surviving. As this resistance develops, it can render treatments for infections less effective and eventually the infections may become untr...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication QA articles Source Type: news
Female doctors are less likely to face being struck off or sued for negligence
Regulator the General Medical Council has seen a 64 per cent increase in complaints between 2010 and 2013. Medico-legal action includes doctors facing disciplinary action and malpractice claims. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor struck off list for over-prescribing sleeping pills
Two medical professionals sanctioned for practices relating to prescribing of drugs (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - August 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nurses struck off after ‘Operation Jasmine’
The Nursing Medical Council (NMC) has struck off three nurses from the register and a further six cases are currently being heard, after neglect in Welsh care homes was investigated in ‘Operation Jasmine’
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Source: Nursing in Practice - July 15, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: ltrevallion Tags: Care of older people Professional Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news
Steve Miller tells NHS chief that obese doctors 'should be struck off'
TV presenter Steve Miller told MailOnline he has written to the NHS chief executive Simon Stevens calling for him to get tough on obese GPs, in a bid to crackdown on the obesity epidemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nurse struck off register after professional misconduct
Nursing and Midwifery Board censures nurse for spitting at nursing home resident (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - July 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trinity-trained doctor struck off in Britain
Dr Vincent Kent, whose fitness to practice was in Britain was ‘impaired’, listed as providing cosmetic surgery services in Dublin and Northern Ireland (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - June 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cowboy doctors face being struck off under new guidelines
The General Medical Council (GMC) is drawing up a set of standards aimed at making procedures from anti-wrinkle Botox jabs to breast enlargements much safer for patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pharmacist struck off over benzodiazepines disappearance
PSI officers found from October 2011 to June 2012, 17,016 pills were unaccounted for (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - May 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Midwife struck off for ‘numerous failings’ at Morecambe Bay
The first of a number of midwives facing fitness to practise cases in relation to baby deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been struck off. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - May 21, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
'Baby deaths' midwife struck off
A former midwife at Furness General Hospital who admitted she "made mistakes" that contributed to the deaths of two babies is struck off. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
