Happy leap-year-day?
My attention was drawn to this piece from Full Fact:
So I sumbitted a request to the Australian Department of Home Affairs for the following information:
Number of General Migration (subclasses 189, 190 and 491) and Employer Sponsor Migration (subclasses 186, 187 and 482) visa applications lodged, granted, refused and on hand from 2013 to 2023 (inclusive), by year, for applicants with British nationality or applying from the UK, for Medical Practitioner ANZSCO 253.
This is in follow-up to the HSCS committee hearing, 16/01/24.
Original request, 16 January 2024:
I refer to your appearance before the HSCS Committee today, 16th January 2024, regarding the regulation and expansion of Medical Associate Professional roles within NHS Scotland.
This is in relation / follow-up to this Tweet, regarding PAs being recruited to supervise doctors at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness:
On 23/12/2023 the following request was sent to NHS Highland:
This is in follow-up to the original request made to the General Medical Council (GMC) in October 2023, regarding the regulation of Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) in the UK.
Follow-up, dated 8 December 2023:
Roughly transcribed (there may be errors); links open to the Scottish Parliament TV website.
Alternative link (YouTube)
Committee members:
CH: Claire Haughey (Convener)
PS: Paul Sweeney (Deputy Convener)
SG: Dr Sandesh Gulhane
Request, dated 26 October 2023:
In your news article “More information on PAs and AAs” [link], “Our work to introduce regulation of PAs and AAs is wholly funded by direct grant from the DHSC and closely managed to ensure no cross-subsidisation from doctor fees.
Back in February or so, I’d been covering some ground on atopy and allergies etc and came across a company called IntoleranceLab Ltd (Company #11049115). They claimed to perform “Allergen and allergy testing” with nothing more than a few strands of hair.
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Notes of interest Buccal comes from bucca: Lat, ‘puffed, filled out cheek’1. Related to the rather wonderful word bucculentus, “having fat cheeks”2; which in turn gives its name to Caranx bucculentus, “wide-mouthed trevally”, a fish with a rather large mouth3.
Dumping ground of quack-tastic articles I’ve bookmarked for us all to enjoy
Fancy trying your hand at curing cancer? You can do it too. Just call yourself a “pH Doctor”, whack a charge of a couple of $k per treatment on top and you’ll be doing grand: The dying officer treated for cancer with baking soda
Dumping ground for useful links I’ve found here and there
General Radiopaedia Free, online radiology reference
Zero to finals Free resource, summarises key concepts
Natalie’s Casebook Whole load of clinical cases