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  • 1 month ago | doctors.net.uk | Daniel Pye

    Credit: Daniel Pye/Doctors.net.ukBy Daniel Pye, reporting from Royal Courts of Justice, LondonThe General Medical Council’s regulation of physician and anaesthesia associates raises “concerns about patient safety” and “public trust in regulation of the medical profession”, the High Court has heard. Campaign group Anaesthetists United (AU) and the bereaved parents of Emily Chesterton (pictured above) have brought a judicial review against the GMC over how it regulates the roles. ‌‌‌‌‌‌

  • 2 months ago | doctors.net.uk | Daniel Pye |Sarah Lowden

    22 April 2025By Daniel Pye and Sarah LowdenThe Department of Health and Social Care has said that it expects the NHS to “work quickly” in implementing new gender policies following the Supreme Court interpretation of the Equality Act. The court ruled last Wednesday that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex” which means that transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if “proportionate”.

  • 2 months ago | doctors.net.uk | Daniel Pye

    tattywelshie/Getty ImagesBy Daniel PyeResident doctors in England have re-entered a dispute with the government after a ‘disappointing delay’ to the pay recommendation report. Both the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government have been waiting for The Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists Remuneration (DDRB) report to be released, which will advise ministers on pay. ‌‌‌‌‌‌

  • 2 months ago | doctors.net.uk | Daniel Pye

    The health and social care secretary said “I absolutely stand by” my comments about overdiagnosis of mental health in the NHS. During the Health and Social Care Committee hearing on Thursday he referenced comments made when he was interviewed recently on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme regarding modern health care “overdiagnosing” mental health conditions.

  • 2 months ago | doctors.net.uk | Daniel Pye

    Getty/MarioGutiBy Daniel Pye The British Medical Association has threatened re-entering a dispute with the government if it does not receive the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration report within a week. The union said the DDRB recommendations should come before the start of the next financial year, to allow the government to make its pay awards, but it has been delayed in previous years. ‌‌‌‌‌‌

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Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye @danjpye
10 Jun 25

Can't imagine there were many journalists immediately covering complex civil court cases after returning from Primavera Sound 😄LCD Soundsystem was my highlight from the weekend

Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye @danjpye
14 May 25

See full article here: https://t.co/hdD2iFHJFo

Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye @danjpye

Heading to the high court today to cover the @AnaesUnited case against the @gmcuk over the regulation of PAs and AAs. The family of Emily Chesterton, who died after being misdiagnosed by a PA she thought was a GP, will be in attendance

Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye @danjpye
21 Mar 25

Finally watched #Adolescence there were a few technical points that don't fully reflect reality (the police hand a case to the CPS rather than charging themselves) but the devastation cases like this cause to families and communities was uncomfortably real