Privatisation of the NHS – Medicine Ethics For Interviews
For nearly 80 years, the UK’s healthcare has primarily been handled by the National Health Service. The NHS has provided its services universally for free for many years, but there’s an increased risk that this may change and that more services will become privatised. This guide explores what you need to know about this and what questions you may be asked I your interview.
Issues facing the NHS – Medicine Interview Question
You should likely be aware that the NHS is facing a lot of issues currently. Whether it be troubles in the present, mistakes from the past or fears for the future, there are many things that could be improved in the UK’s healthcare system. In this guide, we’ll discover what some of these issues are and learn how to discuss them in the context of a medical interview.
Medicine Interviews: Healthcare, Hot Topics and Current Affairs
Healthcare and current affairs are important topics for you to stay up to date on as your knowledge will be tested at your medical school interviews. Here are some tips to keep yourself up to date in time for your interview.
Sport and Exercise: Changing the NHS to Meet Patient Demand
Whilst some specialties of medicine have been in existence since the Ancient Egyptians, new fields must arise due to a change in disease burden. The field of Sport and Exercise medicine (SEM) is a prime example of how the Health service provided to the public had to adapt to meet a change in patient demand.
Patients Know Best – Digital Healthcare
The digital age is immersing everyone in one thing: data. In the last 5 years, 90% of the world’s data was produced. Take a look and read more about this fact!
Hepatitis C – The Miracle Drug
Today we will be tackling the topic of hepatitis C drugs to give you an idea of the issues around miracle drugs, rationing and manufacturing.
The case of Ian Paterson
Ian Paterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday: Not only was he found guilty of performing unnecessary mastectomies on his patients by exaggerating symptoms when less invasive procedures could have been chosen, but he was also found to be performing a dangerous procedure that he invented…
Read the full article to understand the full story.
‘Fat but fit’ – From Theory to Myth
Findings from University of Birmingham presented this week provided evidence to suggest that the possibility of being ‘fat but fit’ is all but a myth.
The findings, presented the European Congress on Obesity in Portugal, suggested that people who are obese are at an increased risk of heart failure and stroke without the prior warnings of hypertension and diabetes.
Functional vs Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine. It seems to be a buzzword in the 21st century healthcare world. But do we really know what we are talking about?
The NHS Deficit Explained
In recent years, newspapers have been bombarded with accounts of NHS financial deficits. For those who didn’t pay too much attention to it, here is some more concrete evidence:
