BMJ  2006;332:1394 (10 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394-b

Letter

Number of consultant posts has fallen

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EDITOR—As a specialist registrar who has just obtained a certificate of completion of specialist training in rheumatology and is currently working for the final six month period of grace before becoming unemployed, I am increasingly worried about an apparent lack of new consultant posts. The general feeling among colleagues is that recruitment for new or replacement posts has been frozen in reaction to the current financial crisis in the NHS.1

I compared the numbers of hospital consultant posts advertised in BMJ Careers over the past three and six months of this year with the same period a year ago. The number of posts advertised over the past three months from 28 February 2006 to May 30 2006 was 1416. This compares to 1773 posts over the same period a year ago, a drop of 20%. The figures for the past six months from 29 November 2005 to 30 . . . [Full text of this article]

W A Holden, specialist registrar, rheumatology

Great Western Hospital, Swindon SN3 6AA wholden@waitrose.com


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