By Richard Hudson in A doctor's life on Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 16:17

In Macclesfield, instead of a GP practice we now have a self termed ‘Super’ Surgery where they’ve taken all the surgeries from across the town and stuck them in one over budgeted, vastly beyond schedule white elephant. I thought I’d compare the old with the new…. My first memory of my old GP... read more

By Jenny Jowers in MRCP 1 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 10:59

The team and I have just launched the Third Edition of the Essential Revision Notes for MRCP.  We are really proud of this edition which has been worked on by over 20 contributors who are all SpRs or Consultants in their chosen fields.  We could not have produced this book without the... read more

By Lily Martin in In the news on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @ 18:43

I absolutely hate those TV shows where the subject gets plastic surgery so they ‘fit in’ – the thought of it makes me squirm! However my dad’s going through the painful, drawn-out and unbelievably expensive process of having all his teeth replaced, in an effort to look and feel a little... read more

By Hannah Brown in In the news on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 09:12

I recently had an oesophagoscopy as a day-case at Manchester Royal Infirmary.  Shortly after my referral by my ENT consultant I was summoned to the hospital for a pre-operation health test.  I anticipated the weighing, the blood pressure testing, even the ECG, but I didn’t see the... read more

By Guest in Dentistry on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 09:48

After completing the two-year foundation training programme for dental graduates I have recently sat Part 1 of The Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties at The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MJDF RCS Eng). Paper 1 includes different formats of multiple choice questions... read more