GPs said they would be willing to get more involved, but midwives said doctors needed more training.
The King’s Fund compiled the report as part of a larger investigation into GP care generally, which will be published later this year.

Surgeons have long challenged the 48-hour limit on their working week saying it puts patients’ lives at risk. About 80% of 980 NHS surgeons and surgical trainees surveyed said care had worsened since the European Working Time Directive started last August.

The health inequality gap in Britain is greater than it was during the post-World War I slump and the Great Depression, a study suggests.

Between 1999 to 2007, for every 100 deaths before the age of 65 in the richest 10th of areas, there were 212 in the poorest 10th.

Medical professionals who admitted unpaid tax before 30 June could pay past tax, plus interest, and a penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax.

Compared with 103722 doctors working in hospitals, there are now over 237000 managers and administrative staff.

NHS Information Centre data also show that doctor numbers have begun to fall.

Public sector workers face a two-year pay freeze if they earn above £21,000 per annum. Those earning less will get a flat fixed pay rise worth £250 in both years.

How will it affect you? What do you like or dislike? All comments welcome below.

The coalition government’s first budget this week announced a two-year pay freeze for public sector workers earning more than £21,000 a year, which will include doctors.

BMA debt modeling predicts that if the cap on fees was to be raised to £7000, those medical students studying outside London would run up almost £57,000 worth of Student Loans Company debt, peaking at over £73,000 eight years after they graduate. After 25 years, over £13,000 would still have to be written off. This scenario would be disastrous for medical students and would not bring expected savings for any Government.

Healthcare product or service companies looking to sell into the NHS will benefit from a new service being rolled out to small West Midlands businesses at a MedilinkWM event in Birmingham later this month.

Medical students are finishing their five-year courses with crippling levels of debt, the doctors’ union says. A British Medical Association poll of more than 2,000 students found those now starting their studies face debts at graduation of nearly £40,000. Doctors warned a career in medicine was in danger of becoming a viable option only for [...]