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Sensory overload – making the NHS more accessible for autistic patients

A medical environment can be overwhelming for any patient, but to those who are neurodivergent, the sensory challenges involved can be enough to put them off obtaining the healthcare they need. Doctors tell Tim Tonkin how an accreditation scheme has made their working environments more accessible

Health & Society By Tim Tonkin
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Attracted to other shores

Many final- and penultimate-year students in Northern Ireland are considering starting their careers elsewhere, a survey shows. Jennifer Trueland talks to them about their disillusionment with the healthcare system and their motivation for leaving their country behind

Pay & Contracts By Jennifer Trueland
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Redefining health

A GP wants to change the way her colleagues and patients think about health – and many say they have already benefited from the new approach. Jennifer Trueland reports

Doctors' Wellbeing By Jennifer Trueland
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Health & Society By Tim Tonkin
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GPs furious with GMS contract imposition

Health minister claims cupboard is bare at end of pay negotiations

Pay & Contracts By Jennifer Trueland
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Closure of specialist GP practice ignored risks to patients

Health leaders who failed to carry out impact assessments and proper consultation ordered to review processes and adjust services for homeless patients

Health & Society By Peter Blackburn
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BMA announces strike ballot on pay for resident doctors

Government fails to commit to pay restoration forcing doctors leaders to take further industrial action

Pay & Contracts By Tim Tonkin
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BMA describes GMC’s attitude to patient safety as ‘indifferent’

Regulator’s approval of PA and AA training courses lambasted by doctors leaders

Life at Work By Tim Tonkin

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Closure of specialist GP practice ignored risks to patients

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