Want to improve teaching in universities? Value those who teach: As university reform draws nearer, the government must address the sector’s growing problem of insecure working conditions
Source: theguardian.com
Dr Phil Hammond - Medicine Balls. "If Hunt and Cameron are to regain the trust of doctors and other NHS staff, and avoid the huge risk of strikes in the middle of January, they must stop spinning and start telling the truth. Staff and patients need to know exactly how much is available and what services...
Source: drphilhammond.com
A wholesale power grab: how the UK government is handing housing over to private developers: The new housing and planning bill is a raft of dangerous measures that will increase inequality and solely benefit the private sector
Source: theguardian.com
Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely revered health system that has come under growing strain" - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com
Could Borophene Rival Graphene?: The first demonstration of boron-based borophene reveals a conductive material that could outperform graphene
Source: ieee.org
Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate giant BT will be scrapped following a High Court battle.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Why It's Such a Big Deal That Mainstream Glucometers are Going Wireless |: In recent months the two largest glucose meter companies quietly released products that signal a tectonic shift in diabetes care. They didn't grab many hea
Source: medgadget.com
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
Source: bbc.co.uk
We Are One Profession: We sit quietly, the doctor and I. Waiting. The only sounds are the soft hiss of the ventilator and the muffled sobs of a broken mother, cradling her baby son in her arms. I'm so glad this doctor is...
Source: 23weeksocks.com
Quantum entanglement achieved at room temperature in macroscopic semiconductor wafers | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net
NHS doctors quit rather than work for private firm: An NHS hospital has been forced to scrap highly rated services for patients with severe skin conditions including skin cancer after an “exodus” of senior doctors reluctant to work for a private-sector subcontractor.
Source: independent.co.uk
Exercise and diabetes prevention. I was asked about some references and thought I'd share them here from our PgDip Diabetes Programme - BMJ / University of Leicester.
The classic efficacy articles on exercise preventing diabetes are:
The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105033441801#t=abstract...
Source: nih.gov
Microsoft To Provide New Encryption Algorithm For the Healthcare Sector - Slashdot. "The new algorithm is dubbed SEAL (Simple Encrypted Arithmetic Library) and is based on homomorphic encryption"
Source: slashdot.org
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org
Welsh government in drive to recruit junior doctors from England: Health minister Mark Drakeford’s recruitment campaign extols opportunities for young doctors and devolved government’s ‘partnership’ approach
Source: theguardian.com
Hundreds of consultants tell Jeremy Hunt they back junior doctors' strike: Royal Free London consultants write to health secretary saying junior doctors are integral to NHS and they will support any industrial action
Source: theguardian.com
Molybdenum Dilsufide Outperforms Graphene in Water Desalination: MoS2 would filter 70 percent more water than graphene, because of its peculiar chemistry
Source: ieee.org
Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October 4 the performance of C-scape's Taste was the 200th show held in the hall over those ten years. Those 200 shows...
Source: cornishguardian.co.uk
Goldman Sachs Scandal Begs The Question: How Do You Prevent Cheating in e-Learning? - e-Learning Feeds: Earlier in October it was announced 20 entry-level analysts were being fired at Goldman Sachs. These fresh college graduates were given the axe for cheatin
Source: elearningfeeds.com
Doctors who left NHS for Australia: ‘More cash, fewer hours, less pressure’: As the row over junior doctors’ contracts intensifies, thousands of NHS staff are applying to work abroad. Here three who have moved explain why they had to go
Source: theguardian.com