Doctors do a great job.

moving forward from my last post, i do not wish to alarm the public at large, most mistakes made by doctors, junior or otherwise, are usually minor and are hardly ever life threatening. Most of the time tha patient is usually unnaware that a mistake has occured
At the other end of the scale you have [...]

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Deaths increase when junior doctors start work

Research has shown a tiny but significant increase in the number of patients that die each year around the time that the new doctors take on the role for the very first time.
This worrys me, that means that if you are unfortunate enought to be hospitalised the same time the junior doctors begin [...]

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Two Teachers Unions set to merge.

The Ulsters Teachers Union (UTU), and the Irish National teachers Organisation (INTO) have decided to merge thier compbined power to form A Irish teaching union which will bring all the separte shools under one roof, UTU traditionally looked after centrally controlled schools, whilst INTO looked after the catholic irish schools.
“While we have already been working [...]

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School nurses feel the heat!

It seems there is scope for expansion in the field of school nurses after a survey from the Royal college of nursing stated that the average School nurse looks after an astonishing 2,500 students each!
The governments response is to  state that significant steps have been taken in recent years to yeduce the strain on School [...]

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