changes in working practices the consultant physician perspective
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Changes in working practices
The consultant physician perspective
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RCP Workforce Unit
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Role of the College
To improve the quality of patient care by continually raising medical standards
Key areas pertinent to today:• Monitoring physician numbers• Setting standards for acute care including
handover• Reviewing impact of EWTD
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Consultant delivered service
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Specific issues:
• EWTD• Consultant and registrar expansion• Patient/doctor ratios• Quality of training
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EWTD on patient care and trainingMuch better
Better No change WorseMuch worse
Has EWTD changed the quality of your training? 0.9% 5.1% 44.8% 37.8% 11.4%
Has EWTD changed the amount of specialty training you undertake? 0.6% 4.5% 42.9% 41.0% 11.0%
Has EWTD changed the amount of GIM training you undertake? 0.7% 6.7% 52.8% 30.0% 9.8%
Has EWTD changed the quality of patient care? 0.7% 4.6% 36.5% 42.0% 16.2%
Has EWTD changed the quality of patient care relating to continuity of care?
0.6% 2.3% 25.5% 32.6% 39.0%
Has EWTD changed your quality of life at work? 0.9% 10.5% 39.7% 40.1% 8.8%
Has EWTD changed your quality of life at home? 4.2% 23.8% 47.5% 16.8% 7.7%
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Have you had problems implementing EWTD? 68% said yes
• “Multiple. Junior presence on the wards is fewer, patient care has been compromised. Occasionally Consultant has cancelled elective activity to cover juniors’ jobs.”
• “Cannot find any external locums.”• “If there is even a single person off sick or on unexpected
leave there are insufficient junior staff hours to adequately cover all the requirements for the functioning of the firm as a whole.”
• “Major problems, need to beg/force internal locums to help at short notice causing unhappiness.”
• “Yes – shift pattern very disruptive to training.”
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How often do you use locums?
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Strongly agree
Agree Neutral DisagreeStrongly disagree
Internal locum cover is easy to organise 1.6% 6.3% 12.7% 46.0% 33.3%
External locum cover is easy to organise 1.6% 4.8% 6.5% 30.6% 56.5%
Internal locums are usually reliable 25.8% 71.0% 3.2% 0% 0%
External locums are usually reliable 1.6% 19.4% 45.2% 30.6% 3.2%
Internal locums are usually high quality 23.8% 57.1% 17.5% 1.6% 0%
External locums are usually high quality 0% 9.7% 41.9% 40.3% 8.1%
Patient care is usually worse when internal locums are employed
1.6% 3.2% 9.5% 66.7% 19.0%
Patient care is usually worse when external locums are employed
9.7% 33.9% 43.5% 12.9% 0%
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Sickness rates
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How to we solve EWTD and H@N?
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Increasing the number of consultants• Benefits
– Shorter patient stay– Reduced mortality– Improved patient safety– More trainers– Less restrictions within EWTD– Low sickness rates
• Drawbacks– ?Increased readmission rate– Cost
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Early discharge and consultants on AMU
McNeill et al, Clin Med 2009
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Consultant numbers and expansionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland 1994 - 2002United Kingdom 2003 - 2008
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Cardiology trainee’s future
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Since 2001:
Registrar numbers have increased by 66.3%
Consultant numbers have increased by 25.9%
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My team – April-June 2009
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Summary
• EWTD has stretched the profession• Night-time care is currently maintained but
under threat in the future• Consultant expansion is needed• There is a large emerging workforce which
could be used