Jeremy Hunt responds to call from Medical Royal Colleges for five day pause
Jeremy Hunt has issued a response in a letter to Professor Sue Bailey, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to their request for both sides to pause and come together to avert further strike action by junior doctors. Read the full AOMRC statement ‘Talk now. No ifs. No buts. No maybes’.
Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in pseudoexfoliation syndrome – (Eye Journal AOP)
Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in pseudoexfoliation syndrome Eye advance online publication, May 6 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.89 Authors: B E Kurtul, P A Ozer & E U Kabatas
AoMRC urge talks between Government and Junior Doctors
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has today called for a five day suspension of both imposition of the new Junior Doctors’ contract and the threat of industrial action to allow for talks to resume between both parties. The statement reads as follows: AOMRC statement ‘Talk Now. No ifs. No buts. No maybes’. With the dispute between
Lord Prior responds to eye-service question posed by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
On Monday 18 April, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath asked of the Department of health “What assessment they have made of the comments by the President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists that hundreds of patients are going blind because hospitals cannot meet the demand for appointments”. The question was followed by an article authored by
Does strabismus surgery improve quality and mood, and what factors influence this? – (Eye Journal AOP)
Does strabismus surgery improve quality and mood, and what factors influence this? Eye advance online publication, April 29 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.70 Authors: H B McBain, K A MacKenzie, J Hancox, D G Ezra, G G W Adams & S P Newman