Pharmacists are struggling to keep up with the demands of their new roles, according to their trade union.

The RCN has called for more work to determine the content of pre-registration education.

A trainee GP's car was stolen as she saved the life of an injured pensioner in Weaste, Salford.

GP trainees in Northern Ireland have overturned income cuts of up to £7,000 a year, according to the BMA.

A PCT in Merseyside has postponed the introduction of a new telephone support service, after an outcry at plans to transfer patient records to a private company.

Quality of care for older patients is poor when treatment is not in the quality framework, according to research in the BMJ.

Quality of care for older patients is poor when treatment is not in the quality framework, according to research in the BMJ.

GPs have five days to back GP's Valuing General Practice campaign before it closes.

The trainee GP shot dead in Antigua has been buried, with her husband, at the church where they married just a month ago.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be cured by a single jab within five years, say UK researchers.

Scotland's heath department is being asked to consider encouraging GP surgeries to open on public holidays.

Taking the contraceptive pill can lead a woman to choose the wrong partner, latest research suggests.

Nurses remain divided over proposals for an all-graduate profession, an NMC consultation has found.

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) is to launch a campaign against NICE's decision to rule out the use of four new drugs for kidney cancer.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are as likely as patients with type-2 diabetes to develop CVD, according to Dutch research.

GP pensions will not be uprated to take account of increases in average incomes between 2006 and 2008, the BMA has revealed.

The GPC has warned the DoH that it will ask for the profession's opinion again if negotiations for 2009/10 involve major changes to the contract.

Over a third (37.8 per cent) of GP practices in England are now offering extended hours.

Details of the clinical DESs for England have been outlined by the BMA in a letter sent out this week to all GPs in the country.

Doctors should inform the police when faced with a stab victim, the GMC has said.