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>I'm not sure I would agree with this "I don't think consultants should >queue bash even 9-5". OK, I don't like to routinely queue bash, but given >the sometimes wide fluctuation in our workload, I don't think we can escape >occasional queue bashing. Sure, other levels of staffing can do this, I >agree, but I don't agree that ED consultants should be somehow "above" this >type of work. After all, other consultants frequently do routine jobs, >whether a consultant in OPD, an anaesthetist on a routine day list, or a >radiologist/pathologist on routine reporting etc. --> Well, you DO seem to agree with me. I also thing they "shouldn't", not "mustn't". It's not beneath them, but it is exactly suitable to other staff who are paid less for the time and may well not be able to take up the clinical role the consultant would otherwise be doing instead of bashing, like supervising in management of sick cases. By all means, when you have a handful of consultants on the shop floor and no-one else available, at least one of them, I'm sure, will end up with the queue... And do it well ;)