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On Fri, 30 Aug 96 00:07 BST-1, David Sydenham wrote: >a phone call from DOH saying as she has worked for >a couple of years in UK she was entitled to use the NHS in this way. My >next meeting with her was very much a tail between my legs one. > Surely UK nationals are entitled to NHS treatment regardless. I thought work history was only important for NI contributions and the DSS benefits that depend on them. Dr David Evans Cardiff %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% y the only option if you want to be trained in a new field is to apply for an SHO job. This is hardly practical for an established GP, even if they should want to do it. Besides, much of what junior doctors do is irrelevant to GP training, e.g. assisting in theatre, clerking patients, chasing test results for ward rounds etc etc. There would be great value in GPs (or specialists in another field for that matter) being able to attend a hospital department for a few hours a week part time purely for training. If done properly this would potentially be much better than the traditional junior hospital job which is 99% service commitment and 1% genuine training. Unfortunately schemes like this are rarely offered, except as expensive courses aimed at extracting cash from overseas doctors Dr David Evans Cardiff %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%