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THE FUTURE OF GENERAL MEDICINE?
Is the speciality of General Medicine becoming redundant as Subspecialisation takes over? This article from Hospital Doctor weighs the pros and cons of the threatened Generalist.
USA- NON PHYSICIAN GROUPS SEEK (AND GAIN) INCREASED PROFESSIONAL SCOPE
Described as a "big train that's left the station", 7 states are experiencing increasing pressure from Regulatory Boards of Professions Allied to Medicine to expand their scope. Opticians with scalpels in Oklahoma! Read more......
RETAIL MEDICINE ...........THE NEW FUTURE OF GENERAL PRACTICE?
Retail Medicine is growing fast in the USA and looks set to start in the UK. Clinics are opening up in retail centres in metropolitan and suburban areas across America. Patients are given a beeper so that they can shop while they wait and the physician bleeps them when ready to see them. This is a novel approach and certainly makes health care more accessible, but what is the effect upon General Practice and do the clinics provide a good standard of care? Read on.....
.........AND SOME RETAILERS PREDICT A 2007 BOOM FOR THE RETAIL MEDICINE CLINICS
California predicts a boom (despite having not yet worked out the right business model !!!)
CHANGES TO UK GMC REGULATIONS
The biggest overhaul of medical regulation in over 30 years looks set to ignore the views of the profession and lower the standard of proof to that of civil cases......more bad news for doctors