NHS executives should be regulated similarly to medical practitioners, the paediatrician who first raised the alarm on Lucy Letby has said, after clinicians’ concerns about her were “turned on the head”. The behaviour and accountability of senior officials within the health service “absolutely” needed to be regulated, said Dr Stephen Brearey, who first carried out… Continue reading Lucy Letby: doctor who raised alarm calls for regulation of NHS executives | NHS
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Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the industrial action in the NHS, leaving no option but to strike until the next general election, one of Britain’s top doctors has warned. Speaking to the Guardian on Friday after junior doctors launched a fifth round of industrial… Continue reading Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Emergency doctor describes treating victims in shelters
Within two hours of having learned about the explosive wildfires in Maui, Dr. Reza Danesh had stocked his mobile medical clinic with antibiotics, food and water. He set out for Lahaina, a community now almost entirely devastated by the flames. Danesh said he spent 14 hours Wednesday driving people to evacuation shelters, treating them in… Continue reading Emergency doctor describes treating victims in shelters
Georgia doctor decapitated baby during delivery, according to lawsuit
ATLANTA — A doctor used too much force and decapitated a Georgia woman’s baby during delivery, according to a lawsuit attorneys said was filed Wednesday. The baby’s mother and father, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., attended a news conference in Atlanta where their attorneys announced the lawsuit against Dr. Tracey St. Julian and… Continue reading Georgia doctor decapitated baby during delivery, according to lawsuit
New York City cancer doctor kills herself and her baby, police say
A New York City cancer doctor killed herself and her baby in her home early Saturday morning, according to police. Dr. Krystal Cascetta, an oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, shot her baby and then herself at their home in Somers, a town about 50 miles northeast of New York City, around 7 a.m. on Saturday,… Continue reading New York City cancer doctor kills herself and her baby, police say
Gay Louisiana doctor says he’s leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation
One of Louisiana’s few doctors specializing in pediatric heart conditions is leaving the state after the Legislature passed a variety of bills aimed at restricting rights for LGBTQ people. Dr. Jake Kleinmahon works at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans as the medical director of the hospital’s pediatric heart transplant, heart failure and ventricular… Continue reading Gay Louisiana doctor says he’s leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation