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New start dates for medical posts
EDITOR, - Graham Winyard1 claims that the directive2 to change start dates for house officers will not result in departments having a two day shortfall in senior house officers unless current postholders choose to leave their posts on 31 July.This is correct, but he fails to realise that many senior house officers are obliged to leave their posts on 31 July. Senior house officers entering general practice are not covered by the directive (BMA, personal communication). Consequently they are obliged to start their new posts on 1 August and therefore leave their current posts on 31 July. An appreciable number of senior house officers enter general practice and therefore there will be many departments with a two day shortfall in senior house officers.
The NHS executive must be reminded that senior house officers do not rotate endlessly within the NHS hospitals, but follow a career path. Any plans for
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