UK News 30-06-2005 who: Junior doctor Andrew Butterworth what: Blames white coats for spread of MRSA where: MANCHESTER when: Monday snippet: "As doctors we should lead the way by using properly laundered clothes," says Dr Butterworth, speaking at the British Medical Association`s annual meeting and quoted in The Mirror. "Given the popularity of medical dramas like ER, it is now acceptable for doctors to wear scrubs." In other health news, a report by BBC Scotland, repeated by The Times, says Scots GPs "earn as much as £180 an hour for treating patients in the evening, overnight and at weekends" and doctors in Dumfries and Galloway "made £6,500 for a week`s work out of hours over Christmas". [... more]

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