This is not the only paper on this subject:
Goddard AF, Lees P. Higher seniority staffing levels at weekend and reduced mortality. BMJ 2012; 344:a67.
National Patient Safety Agency. Hospital at Night. Patient Safety Risk Assessment Guide. London: NHS Modernisation Agency, 2005.
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From: John Whittington [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 20 July 2015 16:13
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Subject: Re: NHS Weekend Working
At 14:55 20/07/2015 +0000, Bunce, Catey wrote:
>The authors of this paper advise an economic evaluation to ensure that
>any reorganisation would represent an efficient use of scarce resources
>- is anyone able to provide a reference for this?
I can't help you there. However, in terms of the senior medical staffing issue currently being discussed, I'm not sure there is necessarily much of an economic issue, at least in the short/medium-term. Given the minimum of
15-20 years that it takes to train new Consultants 'from scratch', there's no way that anyone can magic up a lot more of them overnight - so the only real option, at least in the short/medium term, would be to spread the existing resources more thinly over the 7 days of a week - which may, or may not, have a beneficial effect!
Kind Regards,
John
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