Regulations for out-of-hours care tighten
The emergence of evidence indicating that the level of hospital care delivered during out-of-hours service, at night and at weekends is poor could precipitate changes in the requirements for hospitals during these times, including increasing the availability of consultants. “Hospitals will have to be reconfigured; you'll need about 10 consultants to deliver 24/7 care (not five or six as it is now).”
Proposed workforce impact
Increased number of consultants
Sources or references
- Royal College of Physicians press release: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/press-releases/patients-deserve-better-out-hours-care-says-rcp-president-0
- Health service journal article: http://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-500-avoidable-deaths-a-year-in-london-due-to-understaffing/5034589.article
- Professor Sir John Temple, ‘Time for Training’
- http://www.mee.nhs.uk/pdf/JCEWTD_Final%20report.pdf
Additional research questions
Are there other roles that can be used to effectively provide 24/7 care?
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