The New Consultant Contract

New consultant contract-Statement by CCHMS Chairman.

The new consultant contract and women senior registrars.

If the profession regards the pricing as satisfactory the new consultant contractl is likely to be implemented. The basis of the contract is a "standard" commitment of 10 notional halfdays (NHDs) a week. These would comprise eight clinical sessions, one session to take account of continuing commitment to patient care outside normal working hours, and one to cover administrative duties. Provisio...

The new GMS contract--a Trojan horse?

New nursing roles: the experience of Scotland's consultant nurse/midwives.

AIM To describe career pathways of consultant nurses/midwives and identify postholders views on key factors in role initiation, development and progression to inform future development and appointment of nurse/midwife consultants in National Health Service Scotland. BACKGROUND Nurse/midwife consultants represent the highest levels of clinical practice. Given the Scottish Executive Health Depa...

Implications of the new GMS contract.

A new contract for general practitioners (GPs) was introduced in the UK on 1 April 2004 which has implications for secondary care. In particular, the contract means that GPs can opt out of out-of-hours care, and accident & emergency services have voiced their concern that their workload may increase as a result. The new contract provides the potential for a rise in GPs' salaries by two means: t...