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In The News: Regulation is important!
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Fortunately, there is a good deal of research which demonstrates safety, as long as rigorous standards are applied. Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline© is a service started by doctors who fully understand the importance of quality and safety regulation. All our doctors have been involved in CQC inspections in the course of their work […]
Women’s Health and how it’s fuelling the Gender Pay Gap
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Nobody can deny the fact that there are relatively few women in the boardroom or flying jumbo jets. They are, of course, over-represented in hospitality and the caring professions such as nursing. That might be because of gender stereotyping right from the word go with pink for girls and blue for boys, and Barbie for […]
Gross negligence manslaughter: can that be right?
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As an experienced hospital consultant working in a high pressure speciality (obstetrics) I feel I am entitled to have an opinion about the original prosecution of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba in 2015, and about the GMC’s actions through the High Court this week, successfully over-turning the Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal Service decision to have the doctor’s GMC […]
Dr Karen Morton comments on the news that women will soon be offered only 3 smear tests in a lifetime
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Dr Karen Morton comments on the news that women will soon be offered only 3 smear tests in a lifetime…. as long as they are all normal. From the moment that it became clear that HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) is […]
Women in the work place
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Equality in the work place starts at school, but thereafter depends on a proactive approach to women’s health. When I was at school, a brilliant GPDST school which I got into through the 11 plus free place scheme(the group no […]
Dr Karen Morton comments on Kirsty Wark’s menopause documentary
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Thank you, Kirsty Wark, for your brilliant documentary (BBC1, 20 April) on the menopause. Your experience is one felt by millions of women, and the more open women of influence are about the symptoms and problems that come to all […]
Preventative Tamoxifen makes the news again: are GPs denying patients a drug that could prevent breast cancer?
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Introduced by Dr Karen Morton and written by Miss Liz Ball Consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Today’s Daily Telegraph and other papers today raise again the issue that ‘GPs are denying women’ a pill that prevents breast cancer. That drug […]
Dr Karen Morton interviewed on Sky News about solutions to the NHS crisis
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Dr Karen Morton, founder of Dr Morton’s, appeared Sky News on January 15, discussing solutions to the NHS crisis in the context of Theresa May’s comments on GPs and 7 day service. In this interview, Dr Morton proposed a number of solutions to alleviate pressure on the NHS, including finding additional funding from external sources […]
From singer Adele to an NHS midwife: postnatal depression can affect anyone
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Postnatal depression came to the fore this month when Adele revealed her struggle with the condition after the birth of her son, Angelo. Dr Karen Morton talks about the effect of celebrity health confessions and how people put on a […]
World AIDS Day 2017
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Written by Dr Binta Sultan, Consultant in genitourinary medicine and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Click here for STI test kits for men Click here for STI test kits for women HIV is a virus that compromises the immune system and makes you susceptible to life threatening infections and cancers, known as […]
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