Do I suspect that they are referring to trauma orthopaedic surgeons rather
than trauma surgeons (on the US model)?
With the concurent thread regarding future training numbers it is worth
thinking that if hospitals got bigger and A+E services were amalgamated you
would end up working in a department with a critical mass of consultants
(please nobody ask me to give a number - OK, at least more than 6-8). I
suspect I'd be happier with that.
Simon
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
Hope Hospital
Salford
England
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rowley Cottingham <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 30 September 1999 21:04
Subject: Doctors back big hospitals
>Doctors have recommended the closure of small accident and emergency units
in favour of the large superhospitals of the
>future.
>
>it is the first time they have produced a plan of their view of the best
way to organise hospitals since the 1960s. Their
>recommendation to the National Health Service is to locate Accident and
Emergency Units in the largest hospitals, with the best
>specialist care to back them up. Although this may mean longer journey
time, care would be at the highest level and transfers
>avoidable, the report said. Other hospitals would form co-operative
clusters, each with its own specialisation. The report was
>released by the Joint Consultants Committee, representing doctors of all
specialisations. There is a shortfall of at least 460
>consultants in general surgery and 580 in trauma surgery. /The Times,
30/9/99/.
>
>/Rowley./
>
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