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  Happy New Year greetings to everyone working for the NHS & Medical industry in any capacity. The last two years have been tough, but we're hoping for better things in 2022. Each month we are going to continue to provide the latest industry news, available sessions, and career advice. So grab a coffee, tea, or maybe something stronger... take a seat and have a read of our Medical Industry News checkup below.     General practice delivered an unprecedented 367m appointments in 2021 GPs carried out 4.5 million more appointments last month than they did in December 2020, the latest data from NHS Digital shows. It brings the total appointments delivered in general practice to 367 million for the year – the highest ever and 17.% higher than for 2019 before the pandemic happened. A total of 29.1 million appointments happened in general practice in December of which 3.9 million were Covid vaccinations, figures show. This compares with 24.5 million in the same period the previous year and 24.1 million in 2019. Read more here (Pulse Today)   Applications to study nursing reach record levels New report reveals a surge in 18-year-olds applying to study nursing in England, but RCN warns existing workforce must be better valued. The UCAS report, Who Are The Future Nurses?, says the record number of applications from 18-year-olds has been accompanied by an overall rise in the number of nursing applicants across all ages, with 28,815 choosing a nursing course in England as their first choice through UCAS. Published today (20 January) in collaboration with Health Education England (HEE,) the report highlights the significant role the COVID-19 pandemic has played in people’s decision to apply Read more here (RCN)   Outpouring of support for GP who broke COVID rules to hug bereaved patient A GP who broke COVID-19 social distancing rules to hug a bereaved patient has received thousands of messages of support after contrasting his actions with those of Boris Johnson in a now-viral tweet. The retired GP says he has been "humbled" by the response to a social media post on why he broke Covid rules to hug a bereaved woman at a vaccine clinic. Dr Prit Buttar's Twitter thread has generated hundreds of responses and thousands of likes and retweets. Dr Buttar said that showed a "huge disconnection" from the lives of ordinary people. Read more here (BBC News)   Covid-19: Advice on wider use of FFP3 masks should extend to GPs, BMA says FFP3 masks should be worn by staff caring for patients with suspected or confirmed respiratory viral infections that are spread by airborne transmission, such as SARS-CoV-2, winter guidance from the UK Health Security Agency has said. This is a change from previous guidance which said that high-grade masks should only be worn in intensive care units or where certain aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) are carried out. The BMA has welcomed the recommendation but stressed that it must now also be extended to GP practices. Read more here (BMJ)   How to manage burnout as a nurse or doctor Working as a nurse or doctor can be a rewarding career, but it can also be notoriously stressful especially during these times. On-going stress and constant pressure in the workplace can often lead nurses and doctors to suffer from exhaustion and in some cases, burnout. Mental health is equally as important as physical health and as a doctor, nurse or medical professional it can be hard to self-diagnose burnout. Read more about burnout and tips to manage it here   Latest Medical Sessions   Practice Nurse  - GP Surgery Wolverhampton - £80 - £85 ph GP Worcestershire - Up to £85 ph Prison GP SW London - Up to £80 ph Paramedic Norbiton SW London - £27 - £30 ph GP - Remote Work Remote - Up to £75 ph Practice Nurse SW London - Up to £30 ph Perm GP North London - Up to £80 ph Practice Nurse Birmingham - £29 - £32 ph     Form ID:4311  

  Welcome to the Medical Monthly Checkup  We appreciate how hard healthcare and clinical staff are working in any capacity to help protect the NHS and fight the spread of Covid-19 and deliver the vaccines. So, we're going to continue to bring you some positive news from the medical industry that will offer a breath of fresh air amid the gloom that is surrounding the topic of coronavirus. And if you are available for sessions, or know someone that is, please check our latest medical jobs below. Once again, we would like to say a big thank you!     Senior doctors in England to be consulted on NHS pay offer Senior doctors in England will be asked whether they want to consider industrial action over the 3% pay rise offered by the government. The British Medical Association union says tens of thousands of hospital consultants will be contacted and previously said industrial action may be considered if senior doctors were not given at least a 5% rise. The Department of Health was criticised over its previous stance that only a 1% rise was affordable. But earlier this week, ministers announced a 3% pay rise offer following a recommendation from an independent pay review body. Read more here (BBC News)   New service to answer patients' Covid vaccination records queries Patients in England will soon be able to access a dedicated service to answer their specific queries about Covid vaccination records. The service is expected to go live in August, with NHS Digital to provide more information when available. The news comes as GPs have complained that patient phone calls about accessing the NHS App ‘Covid Pass’ feature were adding to their workload. Over 1.3 million new people have registered with the app to show their vaccine status since the feature was announced on 7 May, according to the Government. Read more here (Pulse Today)   Amanda Pritchard confirmed as NHS chief executive at 'pivotal time' for health service NHS England has confirmed that Amanda Pritchard will take over as its chief executive from 1 August - becoming the first woman in health service history to hold the post. Ms Pritchard, currently NHS England chief operating officer, has a long health service career behind her - starting as a graduate management trainee in 1997 and moving on to a number of other health service management roles. Ms Pritchard, who will take on control of the £130bn annual NHS budget, said: 'I am honoured to lead the NHS, particularly as the first woman chief executive of an organisation whose staff are more than three quarters female. Read more here (GP Online)   Challenging the CQC - Advice for GP practices Challenging the CQC can be a daunting prospect for GP practices, especially given that GPs and their practice managers are so busy. Interactions with the CQC can be laborious and require focus to address and respond to the plethora of enforcement action the regulator has at its disposal. However, it is important that practices do challenge where there are grounds to do so, as a failure to do this could have a material impact on the future of the practice. The CQC’s model of regulation is in the process of transitioning so that the focus is more on those services that pose a greater risk. Read more here (GP Online)     Real shift is seen in practice for LGBTQ+ nurses A group of nurses and health professionals have spoken to Nursing Times about the progress made in ensuring NHS staff from the LGBTQ+ community feel safe and supported at work. Discrimination and inequalities do still exist, and it is important to “shine a light” on disparities, increase visibility and hold people to account over failings, they said. But they also largely agreed that an increasing presence of LGBTQ+ staff networks in the NHS were helping to drive positive change and minimise feelings of “isolation” experienced by nurses and colleagues in the LGBTQ+ community. Read more here (Nursing Times)   Latest Medical Sessions    GP Sessions SW London - £90 - £95 ph GP West Midlands - £80 - £90 ph ANP (Flexible sessions) West Midlands - £35 -£55 ph Practice Nurse Harlow - £23 - £30 ph B6 Nurse/Clinical Advisor (phone triage) Croydon - £23 - £43 ph B6 Nurse/Clinical Advisor (phone triage) Barking - £23 - £43 ph Self Employed GP West Midlands - Competitive rates Self Employed ANP West Midlands - Competitive rates Band 6 Nurse for UTC East London - £30 - £35 ph Telephone Triage ANP South London - £35 - £65ph   Form ID:4359  

In our latest medical news checkup, we bring you the latest news across the medical industry. This month our news covers; the new organ donation opt-out system across England, the health board in Scotland cuts out-of-hours care at five centres, and doctors say the UK Government is failing on coronavirus. You can also check out our latest available locum GP, Nurse and ANP roles below. Number of GP practices in England falls below 7,000 New official data has discovered that the number of GP practices in England has fallen to 6,993, which is around 18% below the total when the practice-based GMS contract took effect in 2004. This sharp drop means that almost one in six of 8,486 GP practices listed in 2004/5 no longer exist or have merged into other practices. Three times as many closures or mergers have occurred in the nearly six years since NHS England became operational in April 2013 compared with the years between that point and the 2004 contract.  Click here to read more (GP Online) 12/02/2020 England will now have "opt-out" system for organ donation from May 2020  The government has announced that England will move to an "opt-out" system consent for organ donation from May this year. The move which follows a consultation means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to donate their organs when they die unless they have decided that they do not want to be a donor or are in an excluded group. The new law will bring England into line with Wales, which introduced an opt-out system in December 2015 and now has the highest donation consent rates in the UK. Click here to read more BMJ (25/02/2020) Rules on isolation rooms for suspected COVID-19 cases in GP surgeries to be relaxed  GPs seeing patients who might have COVID-19 can give them a face mask and ask them to sit two metres away from other people in the surgery if no spare room is available, the new guidance is expected to say. Peter Holden, a GP in Derbyshire and a clinical advisor to NHS England on Covid-19, said that the advice to use isolation rooms to limit the potential spread of the virus was being updated to reflect "operational reality". Click here to read more  (BMJ) 21/02/2020 Health board cuts out-of-hours care at five centres Scotland's largest health board has temporarily suspended all out-of-hours services at five centres due to a lack of available GP's. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) have said the move was the only option which would allow the service to continue across west-central Scotland. Kerri Neylon, primary care lead GP at NHSGGC said that the "temporary consolidation of services is the only option which will enable us to continue providing this crucial service." Click here to read more  (BBC News) 25/02/2020 Doctors say Government is failing on coronavirus NHS doctors have told the Guardian of their experiences of the government's handling of coronavirus, warning that they have concerns about how patients who may have been infected are being managed. While many patients had followed Public Health England's advice to stay at home and call the NHS helpline after returning from affected areas, some had been told to go into the GP practice. The helpline has claimed that this advice was given in error, saying that the patient must have selected the wrong telephone answering choice.  Click here to read more (The Guardian) 27/02/0202 Chief Medical Officer explains how COVID-19 outbreak could affect life in the UK  England's chief medical officer has warned that it is "just a matter of time" until coronavirus spreads in the UK, saying there could be a "social cost" if the virus intensifies and becomes "out of control". He also warned that mass gatherings such as sporting events may need to be cancelled, and schools could be forced to shut for more than two months.  Click here to read more  (Sky News) 28/02/2020 If you'd like to receive the latest medical sessions to your inbox, along with the latest news from the industry then fill in the form below. Click here if you'd like to receive a medical application pack and for more information regarding the data we collect from you, take a look at our privacy policy. Form ID:4640

With the New Year fast approaching now is a good a time as any to wrap up the end of the month news, and let you know about our latest sessions that need filling for 2020! We'd also like to remind you that we are currently closed and the offices will re-open on Thursday 2nd of January 2020. Calls will be diverted so if you need to speak to us for an urgent query please contact us as normal.  The Eligo Medical team would like to thank you for your help and support throughout 2019 and look forward to working with you in 2020! Happy New Year!  Latest news in Medical  Senior Doctors urge patients to vaccinate Children  Senior doctors have urged parents to vaccinate their children, who are “super-spreaders” of flu, as vital NHS services have been flooded with patients this winter. Medical professionals have said jabs are the “best defence” against the highly- infectious disease which has hit the UK earlier than usual this year. The number of patients booking doctor’s appointments with flu-like symptoms has increased by 24% in the last week, according to the latest data from Public Health England. Click here to read more  (Evening Standard) 16/12/2019  UK government hands NHS data to Amazon The British government is coming under fire for a deal to hand over NHS healthcare information to Amazon for free. Following a series of FOI requests from Privacy International and other organisations, the contract has now been released, revealing that it goes far further than had previously been admitted. Back in July, health secretary Matt Hancock announced the deal as a way to help give patients better medical advice via the Alexa home assistant.  Click here to read more (Forbes) 09/12/2019 Boris Johnson criticised as row over four-year-old’s hospital treatment deepens Boris Johnson has come under fire for his lack of empathy over the treatment of a four-year-old boy who was left sleeping on the floor of a hospital because of a bed shortage. Jack Williment-Barr had to be covered with coats by his mother Sarah Williment to keep warm as he waited for a bed at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) with suspected pneumonia. A photograph of the youngster has been widely shared on social media, turning his treatment into a political row – just days before the polls opened for Thursday’s General Election. Click here to read more (Nurses) 09/12/2019  Clinician wellbeing: luxury over basic human need Gregory Dollman discusses his concerns about how so many doctors still feel that wellbeing is a luxury rather than a basic human need. In the wake of the publication in November of the watershed independent report, Caring for doctors, caring for patients, by Michael West and Denise Coia, he report’s headline finding was arresting—if you’re an NHS worker in England, you’re at a 50% higher risk of stress so severe it would be described as “debilitating”. Click here to read more (BMJ) 20/12/2019 Not enough NHS staff for people with cancer, charity warns Macmillan Cancer Support says patients are calling its helpline "at breaking point", feeling they cannot ask questions of the overstretched doctors and nurses caring for them. There are not enough NHS staff to meet the needs of growing numbers of people with cancer. This was followed by issues with accessing hospital or community care, including difficulties contacting medical staff or getting hold of specialist medical equipment for use at home. Click here to read more  (BBC News) 31/12/2019  Latest Sessions Practice Nurse - South West London  £25 - £30 per hour  Apply now  Advanced Nurse Practioner - HMP Prison London £50 - £55 per hour  Apply Now  Emergency Nurse Practitioner - Romford &  Ilford  £45 - £50 per hour Apply Now  General Practitioner - Waltham Forest - London £80 - £85 per hour Apply Now   Practice Nurse - West London  £25 - £30 per hour Apply Now  General Practitioner - South West London £80 - £85 per hour Apply Now  Fill in your details below to receive a medical application pack. For more information regarding the data we collect from you, take a look at our privacy policy. Form ID:4311