> My recent experiences lead me to disagree with this. My local immediate
> care charity provides perhaps the highest level of training and equipment
> support to volunteer doctors in the UK. By this I mean initial induction
> training (driving, safety at scene and PHTLS), comprehensive training
> library for DipIMC/FIMC prep, funding for exam (if successful), 500 pound
> annual training grant for recognised continuation training, free
> attendance at BASICS conference, several PGEA/CME approved training
> opportunities
> throughout the year and even, in certain circumstances, locum costs to
> allow people to get to training opportunities, courses and
> hospital/theatre sessions. All equipment, consumables and drugs are
> supplied and maintained
> free of charge.
> We have thrown a great deal of money at providing a comprehensive package
> of training.
>
> The problem is uptake. Excuses are the usual. Future is a specialist
> immediate care doctor pool with a specified (? Contractual) training
> obligation. Now there's a can of worms.
That's very interesting.
Funding is still the major problem as regards UK-wide prehospital care. The
ambulance service is underfunded, the fire and rescue service still has to
fund it's rescue service from it's firefighting budget, the immediate care
cover is voluntary, patchy and variable.
Immediate care is definitely an emerging sub-speciality of primary care and
A+E. Dedicated funding for this service (and the others I mentioned) would
solve a lot of the problems.
I'm interested in why the uptake was poor. Could you elaborate (otherwise
this would be a useful area of research by questionaire etc..).
If the money is there for full educational funding including locum cover and
uptake is still poor then I am concerned.
Robbie Coull
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