UK-wide workforce planning needed to avert NHS staffing crisis New research has laid bare a future workforce crisis that could be compounded by Brexit amid a fragmented approach to the recruitment and retention of doctors.
Research commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) for its 2018 The state of medical education and practice in the UK report paints a stark picture of unabated pressure on health services. The report also shines a light on steps that some doctors are feeling the need to take to cope with patient numbers, some of which may be piling more pressure on other parts of the system.
Among those measures are making referrals to other doctors that are not strictly necessary but happen due to limited time to address patient concerns, ordering blood tests when they may not always be needed, and bypassing clinical checklists in order to get through workload.
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Research commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) for its 2018 The state of medical education and practice in the UK report paints a stark picture of unabated pressure on health services. The report also shines a light on steps that some doctors are feeling the need to take to cope with patient numbers, some of which may be piling more pressure on other parts of the system.
Among those measures are making referrals to other doctors that are not strictly necessary but happen due to limited time to address patient concerns, ordering blood tests when they may not always be needed, and bypassing clinical checklists in order to get through workload.
See also:
- Training environments 2018: key findings from the national training surveys General Medical Council
- More than half of doctors considering quitting NHS or cutting their hours, polling finds The Daily Telegraph
- Patients at risk with doctors at ‘breaking point’ and looking to quit in unprecedented numbers, GMC warns The Independent
- Doctors at brink of breaking point to ensure patient care, warns regulator ITV News
- GMC issues workforce warning in case of ‘no-deal’ Brexit Pulse
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