Richard Murray's research while affiliated with King's College London and other places

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It’s not all about the money The role of locums—and temporary clinical staff more generally—is in the spotlight. On one side, the release last month of Keith Pearson’s report on medical revalidation pinpoints weaknesses in the oversight of, and support for, doctors working in short term locum positions,1 findings acknowledged by the General Medica...

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... This has led to more gaps within rotas, leading to increased spending on locum doctors and greater strain on departments and on other junior doctors. 1 Data released from the foundation programme have demonstrated significantly fewer foundation year 2 doctors entering either core or specialist training: in 2011 71.3% entered further training compared to 37.7% in 2018. 2 Within our department (general and vascular surgery) we experienced significant rota gaps during this period, which put strain on the remaining workforce, led to increased expenditure on locums and potentially put patient safety at risk. ...