I think winter pressures funding is being used locally to trial extra
consultant shifts at nights and weekends at premium rates. The rates
offered are sufficiently attractive to fill (almost) all the shifts from
within the ranks of in-house consultants.
I guess having additional senior medical staffing OOH for a few weeks
will help.....
Help to mask the real problem of a wide front door and narrow back door,
that is.
If it appears to help - more of the same will become expected.
I won't bore you all with my usual rant about throwing scarce, expensive
resource at the wrong problem. Ooops - I just did.
Goat
ps: is "demandmanagement" a dirty word then? Apologies for any offence
caused.
On 28/11/2013 14:19, Suzanne Mason wrote:
> Dear All
> I am looking for information / examples of how hospitals are dealing with the pending winter crisis - or whether they are burying their heads? I am interested in examples of where elective work has or is planned to be moved into the provates sector for a period and where the money from the DH is going - are there examples of where extra resources or staff are being delivered? Any help from you guys would be appreciated!
> Thanks
> Sue
>
> Suzanne Mason
> Professor of Emergency Medicine
> EMRiS Group
> School of Health and Related Research
> University of Sheffield
>
> Tel: 0114 2220694
> 0114 2714972 (NHS Secretary: Jill Bishop)
>
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