384 Clinical Medicine Vol 3 No 4 July/August 2003 are already under considerable
pressure. Apart from the need to give additional support to primary care, there is likely to be …

Some have pleaded to take the politics out of the NHS5 but it is naïve to imagine that, as
long as the NHS exists, politicians will be able to resist getting involved. The old politics of …

ClinMed13. 172to174 24/5/73 10: 07 am Page 172 core medical skills and avoid the skills
atrophy/hypertrophy of specialisation for a year or two longer. One possibility is more …

The survey of young diabetologists reported by Cheer et al in this issue1 does not make
particularly encouraging reading, with the headline that one-third of physicians who had …

Diabetes and endocrinology is a medical specialty, and a five-year dual accreditation
training programme in diabetes and endocrinology and general internal medicine is offered …

B y global standards, Australia's health system has performed well. As a country, we spent
8.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) on health in 2011—below the average for …

The National Health Service is very familiar with the arrival of “experts” from the United
States to tell clinicians, managers, and politicians how the United Kingdom should configure …

This survey by Kar et al provides an invaluable insight into the thoughts and feelings of
diabetes and endocrinology trainees throughout the country. Modernising Medical Careers …

F or a young doctor contemplating a career in endocrinology and diabetes care, Dr Ashim
Sinha can think of no better training ground than his home town of Cairns in far north …

There is a growing consensus that most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) nations have more than enough doctors to meet health needs, but …