On June 16th, Minister of State for Care Services Paul Burstow launched ‘Supporting Carers in General Practice’.

Developed through a partnership between RCGP, Department of Health, The Princess Royal Trust and elfh, with support from The Children’s Society, the free-to-access elearning resource is primarily aimed at GPs, GP trainees and other health workers in primary care teams. It will also be available to all healthcare staff through the NLMS and the elfh LMS.

Please go to Supporting Carers in General Practice for more information.

Pathpots, the joint project with the Histopathology Training Schools initiative of the Royal College of Pathologists has begun to release its first batches of podcasts of pathology museum specimens.

Designed for trainees and medical students and anyone interested in pathology they cover a wide range of disease – common, rare and exotic. Over 300 cases by some of the best teachers of pathology have already been produced and will be released over the next six months. They can be downloaded onto any podcatcher such as the ipad, ipod or smartphone.

To register for the podcasts go to www.e-pathpots.org.uk.