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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 […]
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 […]
GP waiting times are on the rise….
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Illustration by Rikki Marr Written by the Dr Morton’s communications team The queue grows longer We’ve all seen the headlines: getting an appointment with a UK GP is now taking longer than ever. In recent weeks, it seems as if everyone has been talking about the NHS crisis, and GP services have consistently been in […]
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 […]
Hear! Hear! It’s time to call the doctor!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Sophie Borland is to be congratulated for her front-page endorsement (I’m not sure she knew it was an endorsement) of the merit of speaking with a good doctor on the phone. It has for a long time been known that […]
Please stop slamming maternity services; get a grip on reality and be grateful!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s – Pregnancy advice Last week I wrote about how unnecessarily distressing the Sophie Borland article about consultant presence in Maternity Units must have been to women about to have a baby; and then blow me down, the […]
Maternity services: It’s sad that the media causes such distress
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s – Pregnancy advice I am saddened that Sophie Borland (Daily Mail Oct 26 2016) thinks it is good copy to alarm the thousands of women who are imminently expecting a baby. Of course the provision of maternity […]
Dr Morton’s Junior Doctor Cartoon Campaign #7
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Written by Dr Priyanjalee Perera, Dr Morton’s Marketing Manager, former Junior Doctor and Writer of The Disillusioned Medic Sadly, this is the last day of our cartoon campaign. We’ve had great fun over the last week making a mockery of the shambolic way in which the government has handled this issue, but we hope we’ve […]
Dr Morton’s Junior Doctor Cartoon Campaign #6
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Written by Dr Priyanjalee Perera, Dr Morton’s Marketing Manager, former Junior Doctor and Writer of The Disillusioned Medic Ever gone to the zoo and felt sorry for the endangered species? With Scotland, Wales, Australia, Canada and New Zealand opening their arms to junior doctors, what will happen to the British variety? Will they soon be […]
Dr Morton’s Junior Doctor Cartoon Campaign #5
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Written by Dr Priyanjalee Perera, Dr Morton’s Marketing Manager, former Junior Doctor and Writer of The Disillusioned Medic We all hate that moment at the supermarket self-checkout when the machine says in that cool, calm, infuriating voice: “Unexpected item in bagging area. Please wait for assistance.” As whispers echo round Parliament that this in the […]
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