Doctors.net.uk

Doctors.net.uk is a private online community specifically for doctors in the UK, and it was one of the pioneering networking platforms on the internet. Established in 1998 by Dr. Neil Bacon, who also created iWantGreatCare, this site provides various Web 2.0 functionalities that enable doctors to connect and share information online. Features include email, discussion forums, e-learning opportunities, medical podcasts, and access to an online medical textbook and an extensive library of medical images. The platform generates revenue by facilitating communication between its members and private organizations like pharmaceutical companies, as well as government agencies such as the NHS and the Department of Health.

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Government expects NHS ‘to work quickly’ in implementing new gender policies

2 days 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”.
Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

1 week ago | doctors.net.uk | Nina Massey

The parents of Zainab Abbasi (centre) (PA Media/Stefan Rousseau)By Nina Massey, PA Media Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell their story”. Isaiah Haastrup, aged 12 months, and Zainab Abbasi, 6, were at the centre of life-support treatment disputes at the High Court in London before their deaths in 2018 and 2019 respectively. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Older patients with AF at higher stroke risk without anticoagulants, say researchers

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Olivia Bowthorpe

Getty/BongkarnThanyakijBy Olivia Bowthorpe Older patients with atrial fibrillation could be at risk of stroke, heart attack or death if not taking anticoagulation therapy, figures suggest. Researchers have found that for patients aged 75 years or older, the rate of stroke was just over 3-fold higher among those not taking anticoagulation therapy.1‌‌‌‌‌‌
Resident doctors re-enter pay dispute over ‘delay’ to DDRB report

2 weeks 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. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Offering the morning-after pill at pharmacies without charge will reduce financial impact on NHS, say doctors

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Ellie Broughton

Julien Behal/PA WireBy Ellie BroughtonMaking the morning-after pill universally free at pharmacies in England will reduce pressure on other parts of the NHS, save resources and result in better health outcomes for patients, doctors have said. The emergency contraception is to be made universally free at pharmacies in England later this year, as part of a new funding deal agreed between the government and Community Pharmacy England. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Shorter course of antibiotics for pneumonia in children ‘as effective’ as 5-day course

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Sarah Lowden

9 April 2025By Sarah LowdenBabies and children between 3 months and 11 years with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia should be prescribed a 3-day rather than 5-day course of antibiotics, according to new draft guidelines. The proposed updated clinical guideline from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence applies to patients without complications or underlying disease who have pneumonia which is not assessed as severe and was contracted outside of a healthcare setting. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Prostate cancer screening programme 'must be evidence-based', says Streeting

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Sarah Lowden

iStock/utah778By Sarah LowdenThe health secretary has suggested he would support a national prostate cancer screening programme for men at higher risk of disease if it is backed by the evidence. The UK’s National Screening Committee is currently assessing whether or not a programme should be rolled out. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Assisted dying bill's return to the Commons delayed until May

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Sarah Lowden

Getty/ShunreiBy Sarah Lowden The MP behind the private members' bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has delayed its return to the House of Commons until next month. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will now return on 16 May rather than 25 April for its report stage, which is expected to see MPs vote on further amendments that were agreed at committee stage. ‌‌‌‌‌‌
Streeting stands by comments made about overdiagnosis

2 weeks 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.
1,500 GPs hired under ARRS since October

2 weeks ago | doctors.net.uk | Sarah Lowden

Library image. Credit: Getty/sturtiBy Sarah LowdenMore than 1,500 extra GPs have been recruited in England under the additional roles reimbursement scheme since October, the government has revealed. The hiring boost happened after the government opened up the scheme to GPs, after much campaigning for it to do so. ‌‌‌‌‌‌