Hospital doctors : training for the future : the report of the Working Group on Specialist Medical Training, and, Training for specialist practice : a report to the Chief Medical Officers̀ Working Group to advise on specialist training in the United Kingdom.

  • Great Britain. Working Group on Specialist Medical Training.
Date:
1993
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Credit: Hospital doctors : training for the future : the report of the Working Group on Specialist Medical Training, and, Training for specialist practice : a report to the Chief Medical Officers̀ Working Group to advise on specialist training in the United Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dialogue should take account of the views of other interested parties, such as the Junior Doctors’ Committee, the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee and representatives of general practice training interests ii) The NHS Management Executive, on behalf of the UK Health Departments, convene regular meetings at national level involving NHS management, Postgraduate Deans, the Medical Royal Colleges and other appropriate educational bodies, such as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. Such meetings would provide a means by which NHS management could advise the Medical Royal Colleges about the needs of the NHS and for the Colleges to satisfy themselves that training in the NHS continued to be delivered to the required standard. The initial task would be to develop a set of principles to govern the relationship between service and training. This would be expected to take account of the views of other interested parties such as the Junior Doctors’ Committee and the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee iii) the Postgraduate Deans should build on existing local co-ordinating mechanisms, such as regional specialty committees, to ensure that professional and educational interests are properly taken into account in the delivery of postgraduate training. g. The Working Group recommends that the GMC should award the CCST to trained specialists on the advice of the Medical Royal Colleges. Individuals in possession of a UK CCST or the appropriate EC certificate specified in the Medical Directives will be indicated at their request by the addition of CT to the Medical Register, together with details of the appropriate specialty/ies, date of the award and the member state which issued the certificate. The necessary legislation to implement these changes should be enacted without delay. Consideration should be given to the establishment of a statutory appeal mechanism. h. The Working Group recommends that the current discussions on the consultant appointment system include consideration of the guidance for AAC members by those responsible for its promulgation, with particular regard to the requirements of EC legislation, and should make recommendations for any necessary changes no later than September 1993. i. The Working Group recommends that the operation of the consultant appointment process be reviewed. This review would involve the profession, the Health Departments and NHS management and would take into account the papers produced for the Working Group. The Group supports the reconvening of the Working Party on the Appointment to Consultant Regulations, chaired by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, to carry out such a review, and recommends that it be completed by March 1994.