Pressures on the workforce are going to be one of the big challenges for the NHS in a pandemic. One strategy which might help with this problem is to draw upon retired health professionals, who could fulfil a number of possible roles. This approach has been suggested in a number of pandemic influenza plans which we reviewed […]
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Richard Thompson and Frank Wells on prescribing rights for retired UK doctors
The proposed introduction by the General Medical Council (GMC) of compulsory detailed assessment of doctors every five years, perhaps starting in November this year, is difficult for those not regularly working in clinical medicine to achieve. This revalidation will be necessary to maintain a licence to practise, and hence prescribe and administer prescription only medicines […]