I've just checked some of our student accounts & it looks as though there's a default of 6 months which ignores the contract termination date. With other temporary staff, the account usually expires the day after the contract termination date.
 
Maybe it's because there's a high attrition rate & students don't necessarily notify us when they drop out?
 
I assume the 6 months was set nationally.

Tricia Rey
Library Services Manager
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
East Grinstead
Tel: 01342 414266
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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McGuire Jackie (RTF) NHCT
Sent: 07 November 2007 16:48
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Subject: ATHENS - Students on Placement & 6 month expiry date

Hello

Would anyone like to confirm that what Iain is saying below is correct and that students on placement registering for ATHENS should have a 6 month expiry date? We hadn't realised this and had assumed that they either got until the date they were leaving or the standard 18 months.

Query came from a student who couldn't understand why his expiry date was May 2008 when he was on placement here until November 2008.

This is what is stated on NLH: Students whilst they are on clinical placement in the NHS - under eligibility (nothing about 6 months)

Regards

Jackie McGuire
Library & Knowledge Services Manager
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust



Hi Jackie,

I have just picked-up this call. From the accounts you have created it would seem that if the user registers as a student on placement taht their account will expire in 6 months from the registration date as you originally stated. As the account that was registered as an AHP expires 12 months after the registration date then this would verify the original statement.

My question now is would the 6 month expiry on student placement accounts not be due to a NHS standard practice for placement students or do you think that should not be the case, either way is there any way we can verify this?


Kind Regards,

Iain 

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