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All going according to plan
The Department of Health announced last week that from 2013 all nurses in England would be educated to degree level. The Times had their views: DOCTORS AND NURSES “The demand that all nurses have degr… more →
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All going according to plan
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Witch Doctor wrote 3 weeks ago: The Department of Health announced last week that from 2013 all nurses in England would be educated … more →
Bad boys?
Witch Doctor wrote 1 month ago: Is silliness politically incorrect? Why do you want to know, My Black Cat? You are worried about Dr … more →
A serious conflict?
Witch Doctor wrote 7 months ago: There may be several reasons for the nurse practitioner skipping up the steps to the very top of the … more →
The Pernicious Portfolio
Witch Doctor wrote 7 months ago: Dr Crippen today publishes a letter from Dr Joanne, a newly qualified doctor in a London teaching ho … more →
A message from My Black Cat
Witch Doctor wrote 1 year ago: A VIDEO TO WATCH Before My Black Cat went out rat-catching tonight, she left a message. She said it … more →
Hello - Sir John Tooke - are you out there?
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Witch Doctor wrote 1 year ago: SOME HELP IN DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE DOCTOR Sir John, My Black Cat is here to help with the difficu … more →
Tooke Report - final edition
Witch Doctor wrote 1 year ago: THE TOOKE REPORT – FINAL EDITION 8 JANUARY 2008 The final edition of The Tooke Report is now a … more →
Training posts for all junior doctors
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: WE NEED MORE DOCTORS AND THEY ALL NEED TO BE IN TRAINING POSTS Sometimes The Witch Doctor likes to r … more →
A competent clinical decision maker
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Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: A NEW KIND OF PERSON Read this and think about it. In October 2007 a document on acute medical care … more →
Skills escalator - now read Grumble!
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: GRUMBLE HAS BEEN MEDITATING AND IS SHARING SOME PROFOUND THOUGHTS For pity’s sake read … more →
Skills escalator - Read "The Ferret," will you!!
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: THE FERRET HAS PUT PEN TO PAPER AND HOW! a red apple …………… … more →
Hospital at Night is creeping
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: CREEPING AND CREAKING EVERYWHERE Do you remember how we were amused when this Blue Bottle Spell firs … more →
I am a doctor, an artist, not a provider.....
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: YOU MUST KNOW AN AWFUL LOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW “WHITE COAT RANTS” fished o … more →
No white coats. Like it or not.
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: WHAT ABOUT THE MEN? WHAT ABOUT THE DOCTORS? You are wondering about what the male variety of staff w … more →
End of life decisions - THE CREEP BEGINS
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Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: THE CREEP BEGINS The Witch Doctor commends that you read this post by “THE FERRET FANCIER … more →
Dr Rant is swimming in infested waters
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Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: Do you think Dr Rant is troubled, My Black Cat? He seems to have done a nose-dive off the tip of the … more →
Tooke Report - some snippets
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: AT LAST – THE WORLD HAS STOPPED TILTING! TOOKE REPORT Well, well, well, My Black Cat, what do … more →
The medical workforce anomaly
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Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: “Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.” JUST … more →
The 2004 Christmas tree
Witch Doctor wrote 2 years ago: “Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.” CHRI … more →
