Can the use of social media contribute towards Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation?
The emergence and now widespread use of social media (SoMe) during the past 10 years is not just a matter of personal use, and many nurses and healthcare professionals are now using SoMe as a way of updating their practice and engaging with each other. In today's modern clinical practice environment, it is challenging to be up to date with the latest evidence or government policy, due to the volume of material produced. Using SoMe can be one way of keeping abreast of the latest information in your field. At the same time, some nurses, employers and regulators are calling for caution in the use of SoMe, due to a rising...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - June 20, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Clarke, D. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research
GP struck off for making false claims under quality and outcomes framework
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Source: BMJ News - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
GP who was struck off for lying to police is allowed back on medical register
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Source: BMJ News - June 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Vet struck off following animal welfare conviction
THE RCVS Disciplinary Committee has directed that the name of a Dorset veterinary surgeon should be removed from the RCVS Register after she admitted animal welfare offences relating to two of her dogs. During a hearing on May 18 and 19, the Disciplinary Committee heard that Kerstin Vockert had been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 at Bournemouth Magistrates' Court on April 30, 2015, after she admitted failing to protect two dogs she owned from pain, suffering, injury and disease by not adequately grooming them. The prosecution had been brought by the RSPCA after one of Ms Vockert's dogs had been taken into care...
Source: Veterinary Record - June 1, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Tags: News section Source Type: research
Surgeon is struck off for catalogue of failings in care of six patients who died
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Source: BMJ News - April 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Doctor is struck off after third fitness to practise hearing
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Source: BMJ News - April 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Doctor who gave expert advice in “shaken baby” cases is struck off
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Source: BMJ News - March 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Increasing Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection in the Coastal Region of Northern Miyagi after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Abstract
On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. Within an hour of the earthquake, devastating tsunamis swept over the coastal region of the Miyagi Prefecture, facing Pacific Ocean. Accordingly, more than 400,000 residents were forced to stay at evacuation shelters. We investigated the changes in tuberculosis prevalence after the disaster. Annual data for all tuberculosis patients between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2013 were extracted from the database of the Miyagi Prefectural Government. In the coastal region of Northern Miyagi, the number of tuberculo...
Source: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine - March 5, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Sakurai M, Takahashi T, Ohuchi M, Terui Y, Kiryu K, Shikano K Tags: Tohoku J Exp Med Source Type: research
Characteristics of pneumonia deaths after an earthquake and tsunami: an ecological study of 5.7 million participants in 131 municipalities, Japan
Conclusions
An earthquake increased the risk of pneumonia death and tsunamis additionally increased the risk. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - February 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Shibata, Y., Ojima, T., Tomata, Y., Okada, E., Nakamura, M., Kawado, M., Hashimoto, S. Tags: Open access, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Public health, Respiratory medicine Research Source Type: research
Chancellor’s psychiatrist brother is struck off medical register
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Source: BMJ News - February 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Vet struck off following convictions
The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has directed that the name of Kirk Thompson should be removed from the RCVS Register after finding him unfit to practise veterinary surgery. At a hearing on January 26, the committee heard that in April 2014 Mr Thompson had been convicted at Newcastle Crown Court of manslaughter, assault causing actual bodily harm and possession of methylamphetamine. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The RCVS reports that, while the College opened a case against Mr Thompson in 2014, it was only in October 2015 that it received confirmation from the Supreme Court of the final conclusion of his subse...
Source: Veterinary Record - February 5, 2016 Category: Veterinary Research Tags: News and Reports Source Type: research
GP who orchestrated cigarette scam is struck off
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Source: BMJ News - January 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Seven sins in publishing (but who's counting…).
Abstract
'Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive.' Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Think of scientific misconduct in the UK and Malcolm Pearce - one of the most high-profile cases - comes immediately to mind. Malcolm Pearce was an assistant editor of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a senior lecturer at St George's Medical School, when two fraudulent papers were published in the journal. A whistleblower at the hospital was the catalyst for an investigation that led to Pearce being fired, found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical...
Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - December 25, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Benson PJ Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research
Doctor is struck off for racist remarks and poor clinical performance
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Source: BMJ News - December 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
What to do when under scrutiny.
Abstract
IN AUGUST, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded an 81-day hearing into care failings at Brithdir Care Home in Caerphilly, Wales. The hearing ended the UK's biggest inquiry into allegations of neglect to date. It led to three nurses being struck off, a fourth being suspended for one year and a fifth being given a caution order.
PMID: 26607617 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Older People)
Source: Nursing Older People - November 26, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Williams L Tags: Nurs Older People Source Type: research
