> This is one of the strongest arguments for dropping the "Accident" as
> soon
> as possible. The medical speciality should be called Acute Medicine.
> Confusion will be endless if appointments are made to posts in Emergency
> Medicine and then we try to change the name of the speciality. Already
> our
> speciality in the Irish Republic is called Emergency Medicine, as John
> well
> knows.
>
> The UK Department of Health were interested in changing the name, but
> some
> papers got the idea it was a"spin" exercise to make people use the
> departments properly and it seems to have gone quiet.
>
> Probably time to get the ball rolling again. Thanks for the
> information,
> John
This gets my strong support. John Heyworth was taking it forward, last I heard.
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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