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EDITOR, - Anne Edwards's letter contains several misunderstandings about the part time consultants scheme.1 As the scheme is centrally funded by the Department of Health bids could not be invited until the availability of funds was assured, and government accounting does not allow funds made available for a particular year to be carried forward. Nevertheless, every effort was made to ensure that as much of the funding as possible was available for use. The executive letter announcing the scheme was issued on 30 April 1993 and bids were invited by 11 June. This deadline was extended to 30 June at the request of several employers unable to meet the initial date. Well over 500 bids were received, resulting in an enormous assessment task; the results were announced by 13 September.
It is true that some employers, successful in the first round, have been remarkably slow in making the appointments. The
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