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More senior posts are vital for sustainability of current workforce expansion plans

Sep 25, 2024 | bmj.com | Harriet Haswell

Harriet Haswell, junior clinical fellowRotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham Hospital, Rotherham, UKharriet.haswell2{at}nhs.netWaters reports on important considerations for the planned expansion of medical school places and medical apprenticeships.1Without adequate expansion of specialty training and consultant posts to facilitate supervision and teaching, problems already shared by the current workforce will be heightened for everyone. Current levels of …
The many costs of condensed medical degrees

Sep 10, 2024 | bmj.com | Harriet Haswell |Matthew Taylor

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Senior post increases are vital for sustainability of current workforce expansion plans

Sep 1, 2024 | bmj.com | Harriet Haswell

Rapid Response: Dear Editor, Waters reports on important considerations for the planned expansion of medical school places and medical apprenticeships [1]. Without adequate expansion of specialty training and consultant posts to facilitate supervision and teaching, problems already shared by the current workforce will be heightened for all involved. Current levels of dissatisfaction and burn out are high, leading to many doctors reducing hours or leaving the NHS [2].
The cost of condensed medical degrees

Aug 1, 2024 | bmj.com | Harriet Haswell

Dear Editor, Finn and colleagues [1] highlight some of the ‘unintended consequences’ that the proposed trial of shortening medical degrees might have, including concerns about negative impacts upon access to medicine, increasing degree attrition rates and impacting the global recognition of the UK medical degree. Of particular concern is the issue of ‘paradoxically rising unemployment’.
Mitigating for reduced continuity of care

Dec 11, 2023 | bmj.com | Harriet Haswell

Dear Editor, Iacobucci correctly highlights the importance of continuity of care in the community and advocates for the essential need for this to be embedded within the GP contract. The closing remarks from Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer (BMA GP Committee Chair) emphasise the point that many barriers to providing continuity of care relate to the need for significant investment into primary care resources, alongside increased numbers of GPs and other healthcare professionals.