BMJ 1994;308:1303 (14 May)

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Women consultants

EDITOR, - Julia Cumberlege refers to the part time consultant scheme as a method of encouraging NHS managers to "consider the business advantages of part time appointments."1 Readers might be interested in the details of the scheme: close analysis shows business disadvantages.

Firstly, the funding is restricted to three years but is not rolled over. Funding was available from 1 April 1993, but invitations to bid were structured so that candidates could not possibly be in post by that date. Our local services were invited to bid two to three months later, and the Department of Health made decisions towards the end of the calendar year. We have now appointed someone to start next June, with only about half of the original funding currently available to us.

Secondly, in the scheme the Department of Health guarantees funding at the full level for only the first year, and it is hoped . . . [Full text of this article]


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