Simon Carley wrote:
> Since there are no level 1 hospitals in Manchester (at all) and to my
> knowledge no resident consultants leading trauma teams, I guess our
> patients will have to go to Liverpool or Leeds (if they have cover???). I
> wonder if the orthopods will let them know?
It is not necessary to have resident consultants to have a 24 hour consultant
LED trauma team.
The Generals in the 1st World War led their armies and yet were not in the
front line!
Even a consultant based trauma team can be run with resident middle grades
and consultants coming in from home if they live within 15 minutes and the
Ambulance service give good pre-hospital information.
A consultant provided trauma team would however require resident consultants.
A minimum of 10 consultants is required to provide this level of cover within
a standard jobplan even without counting antisocial hours as double time.
(Double or triple time is the recommendation of the BMA consultants
committee).
I suspect that if any such grading system is proposed these definitions of
Consultant led/based/provided are intended.
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Andrew
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Andrew Hobart FRCS
SpR in A&E
(and member of BMA Council)
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