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Centre cites law to deny seats to Ukraine-returnees

Health Ministry’s affidavit says September 9 public notice cannot be used as a back door entry into Indian colleges

The Hindu

Liverpool nurse attempted to cover up medicines failure that put patients at risk

Clatterbridge Hospital staff member suspended for two months

Liverpool Echo

Madras High Court seeks a relook at fee for 50% seats in private medical colleges

Existing structure to continue till NMC issues fresh orders

The Hindu

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Madras HC directs NMC to relook into office memorandum fixing low fees for 50% of seats in private medical colleges

Says, the existing fee structure shall continue until the council takes a relook

The Hindu

Ukraine medicos not enthused by NMC’s academic mobility move

Proposal lacks clarity, they say

The Hindu

NMC allows Indian students from Ukrainian universities to complete medical education in other countries

The degree will be awarded by the parent Ukrainian university, the notice said

The Hindu

Explained | The ban on conversion therapy for the LGBTQIA+ community

What is the National Medical Commission directive to State Medical Councils? Why is the therapy considered to be dangerous?

The Hindu

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Ayrshire nurse who faced 'incompetence' charges has name voluntarily removed from the register

Gordon Jamieson, who spent 31 years practising as a nurse, faced a series of charges that his nursing abilities were not up to the standards expected while working at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.

Daily Record

Coercion as conversion: On National Medical Commission decision against ‘conversion therapy’

Sexual orientation and gender identities do not require medical intervention

The Hindu

Patients have no right to appeal, reiterates NMC

Doctors plan to move court calling it illegal

The Hindu

Ministers to make it easier for foreign nurses and dentists to work in NHS

Exclusive: change to registration process will pave way for thousands of staff trained overseas to come to UK, says government

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh psychiatric hospital upholds over 1000 complaints from concerned family members

Over 1000 of the complaints were made up solely by family members who have had concerns regarding the staff caring for their loved ones.

Edinburgh Live

HC agrees to urgent hearing of cases related to medical college fees on Wednesday

Deemed universities & self financing colleges feared that fees determination committees in TN & Puducherry may fix the fees anytime as per NMC directive

The Hindu

Liverpool nursing associate handed 18 month suspension

Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued a temporary ban

Liverpool Echo

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Nurse struck off after watching Netflix and sleeping while on duty

She had been in the profession for 13 years

Daily Mirror

Nurse struck off for getting NHS-leased car washed after son shot rival in back seat

Patricia Dean, who has more than 25 years of experience, was jailed for 18 months for assisting her son Vincenzo De Falco, who shot a love rival with a shotgun from point-blank range in January 2019

Manchester Evening News

Nurse who took NHS-leased Mercedes to car wash after son shot rival in back seat suspended - and will be struck off if she doesn't appeal

Patricia Dean wanted to take herself off the register 'voluntarily'

Liverpool Echo

Care home nurse said 'bagsy not doing CPR' when call bell rang

Hughes was also found to have abused a female patient calling her "stupid" and "childish"

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Daily Record

Foul-mouthed Scots nurse who faked dementia patient care records suspended by watchdog

Elizabeth Claire Mcallister was found to have exposed residents in her care to a “significant risk of unwarranted harm” during shifts at Whitefield Lodge Care Home in Lennoxtown, Glasgow.

The Hindu

To subsidise fee for 50% of students, private medical colleges will have to tax the rest, HC told

The institutions have to recover costs and maintain facilities, says senior counsel

The Hindu

Persecuted minorities from Pakistan get chance to practise medicine in India; NMC invites applications

National Medical Commission had earlier formed a group of experts in June to frame guidelines for a proposed test

Manchester Evening News

Drug lord 'CapeRocket' struck off as registered mental health nurse

Alan Tobin and his gang flooded the country with hundreds of kilos of cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine baron 'CapeRocket' struck off as registered mental health nurse

Alan Tobin was a qualified mental health nurse employed by an NHS trust when he was arrested in 2020

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh mental health nurse played 'chappy' on vulnerable patient's door

Douglas Masson admitted knocking on the vulnerable man's door before immediately hiding in September 2019 while working at Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

The Hindu

NMC permits final year medical students from Ukraine, China to appear for FMG exam

‘This is a one-time measure and shall not be treated as precedence in future’

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