Recruitment and retention of physicians in all specialties is a national challenge, and it is expected to become even more difficult due to an impending physician shortage. As relative newcomers to the long line of medical specialists, hospitalists pose special challenges. What will convince a hospitalist to join one organization over [...]

Responding to Chapter One of the Conservative Party’s draft manifesto ‘Our reform plan for the NHS’, launched yesterday (4 January), Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said:
“The most important thing for any incoming government is to maintain investment in clinical staff and their training. Having the right number and balance of skilled [...]

UNISON, the union representing 300,000 social care workers, today (9 November) called on the Government to sit up and take notice of a new report*, showing that quality care depends on quality staff. The union is calling for the narrow focus on cash for care for the elderly to switch to how best to provide [...]

Responding to today’s publication of the National Confidential Enquiry Into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) study, Dr Peter Carter of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) stressed the importance of ensuring safe staffing levels and giving nurses the opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills, so they are able to provide quality end-of-life care. Dr [...]

Turnout was strong for the largest and most comprehensive ophthalmic educational meeting in the world, the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy)-Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) Joint Meeting, held in San Francisco Oct. 25 to Oct. 27. Preliminary figures for attendance at the meeting were approximately 25,000, a 17 percent increase over 2008. More than [...]