RCPE Comment on the Medical Workforce

Responding to a recent article on the role of women in the NHS workforce, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh commented:

"The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh hopes that the deliberately provocative views in the recent article on the role of women in the medical workforce will be seen for what they are: outdated and a huge disservice to all those working in the NHS, male and female. 

Volume 45: Issue 4: 2015

There has been a great deal of debate about the introduction of so-called seven-day working in British hospitals. The paper by Leong and colleagues represents an important contribution to the evidence that seven-day working does indeed improve healthcare on medical and care of the elderly wards.

Dr Benedict Warner

I am a Respiratory Medicine ST6 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, in the East of Scotland. I studied medicine at the University of Dundee, as a student served on the National Committee of Students for Global Health (formerly Medsin-UK) and undertook an intercalated BSc in International Health at the University of Leeds. After the Foundation Programme, I completed the LSHTM's East African DTM&H, then worked as a Medical Officer in rural South Africa.