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NMC announces common National Medical Register for all practitioners across country

The notification also makes the passing of National Exit Test (NEXT) compulsory for both Indian and foreign medical graduates for the purpose of registration with the National Medical Register.

The Hindu

Midwife suspended for 'jumping the queue' and ordering blood tests for herself

Jolanta Czapska-Hill used her position as a midwife to 'jump the queue' for blood tests before she was eventually caught out by laboratory staff, a panel has found

Daily Mirror

State Medical Councils may allot medical colleges for internships to foreign medical graduates based on their domicile: NMC

The regulatory body for medical education and medical professionals has also issued a consolidated circular of its guidelines.

The Hindu

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Starting trouble for new medical colleges in Telangana

The Telangana government is progressing towards establishing at least one medical college in each of the 33 districts of the State.

The Hindu

NMC must redraft its norms on stipend to medical college students, say health experts

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced the initiation of a survey among students to ascertain stipend details.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh govt. plans to seek aid from WHO to check renal ailments in Uddanam

Health Minister Vidadala Rajini has said that the Andhra Pradesh government will explore the possibilities to seek the necessary aid from the World Health Organization (WHO) to check the chronic kidney ailments prevalent in the Uddanam region of Srikakulam district. “We will approach whatsoever way is available to check the…

The Hindu

Midwife escapes punishment over false work logs

Ellen Burke falsely claimed to have completed hundreds of hours of midwifery practice

Liverpool Echo

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Glasgow nurse struck off after asking untrained workers to hand out medicine

An investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council found that Mohammed Farooq Anwaar failed to demonstrate any insight into his behaviour and removed him from their register.

Glasgow Live

Mental health nurse told patient 'to use sex toy to help get to sleep at night'

Henry Munro has been struck from the nursing register for breaching 'sexual and professional' boundaries with two patients

Chronicle Live

Students who returned from Ukraine will be offered single chance to clear MBBS Final, Centre informs SC

The central government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that students who returned to India from Ukraine will be offered a single chance to clear the MBBS Final, both Part I and Part II Examinations without enrolling in any existing medical colleges. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nurse who made woman's 'skin crawl' with sexual remarks struck off

Michael Turner was initially handed a 12-month suspension in 2021

Liverpool Echo

Nagpur Municipal Corporation contractors fined for stealing power to install decorative lighting for C20 meet

NAGPUR: Contractors of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in Maharashtra allegedly resorted to power theft while installing decorative lighting for the upcoming Civil20 India 2023 Inception Conference, and were fined by a state-owned power company, an official said on Sunday.

The Times of India

Baby died after midwife failed to recognise critical condition

Peter Clinton did not escalate concerns to colleagues

Liverpool Echo

Nurse suspended after failing to call 999 when care home resident fell and broke his nose

Valerie Ross has been suspended from the nursing register for six months over the incident working at The Elms Kimblesworth care home in Chester-le-Street

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Daily Record

Nurse suspended for failing to give pain medication to residents at nursing home

Susan Grant received the 12-month suspension order following a hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian nurse suspended for year after failing to give patients pain medication

Grant received a further suspension order of 12 months following a hearing with the NMC. The panel references various incidents in which Grant failed in her duties as a nurse within a care home setting

Daily Record

Secret DNR on Scots gran to be probed as daughter hope it will prevent anguish for families

Pensioner Letitia Roberts was not consulted about the decision to mark DNACPR – do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation – on her hospital notes and neither was her shocked family.

Liverpool Echo

'Celeb' botox nurse banned after lying at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

The botox nurse ran John Parker Aesthetics Limited in Woolton

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The Independent UK

Sexual assault and domestic violence ‘going unchecked’ by regulators, NHS staff warn

Exclusive: Campaigners call for public inquiry into sexual harassment and assault in the NHS

Liverpool Echo

Prison nurse avoids being struck off over chats with sex attacker

Rachael Donegan is instead suspended from the nursing register for 12 months

Wales Online

Growing number of nurses join UK register from 'red list' recruitment countries

Experts express fears that bolstering the NHS could leave nations like Nigeria and Ghana short on healthcare professionals

The Independent UK

Increasing number of nurses join UK register from ‘red list’ countries

The NMC said that the UK should not exacerbate nursing workforce shortages in other countries.

The Guardian - UK

Brexit has worsened shortage of NHS doctors, analysis shows

Exclusive: More than 4,000 European medics have chosen not to work in NHS since Britain left EU, data reveals

The Guardian - UK

Saunders: Skin; Void; Unbreathed review – important music, superbly delivered

Brilliantly sculpted textures, sometimes intensely fragile, sometimes furiously wrought, show Rebecca Saunders to be one of the leading figures of European music today

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh midwife speaks for first time after getting busted for creating fake degree

Mary Clarke, 59, didn't even need the additional Midwifery qualification to apply for the role at King Fahad Military Medical Complex in the Middle East.

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