English surgeons may at last be about to become doctors

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1103

BMJ 2005;330:1103 (14 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1103

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English surgeons may at last be about to become doctors

Roger Dobson

Abergavenny

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After a century and a half of being called Mr, change is inthe air, with the president of the Royal College of Surgeons,Hugh Phillips, hinting that the days of Mr and Miss as titlesfor surgeons may be numbered.

Writing about the public consultation over plans for the introductionof non-medically qualified surgical care practitioners, Mr Phillipssays it is important that patients know who's who.

"The issue of job title is part of the public consultation,and this is not easy resolvable," he says in the Annals ofthe Royal College of Surgeons of England ( 2005:87(suppl): 153;doi: 10.1308/147363505X45584)[CrossRef][Medline].

He told the BMJ: "There has been concern recently about whopeople are in the health service—who is actually treatingyou? It is not always absolutely clear to the patient, I suspect,and it is not even clear as to . . . [Full text of this article]

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