Surgical services: Northern Ireland must speed up action to tackle UK’s worst waiting lists, says royal college

BMJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. n1368
Author(s):  
Matthew Limb
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
Speed Up

Day case surgery

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-24 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Day Surgery ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Day Case ◽  
Day Case Surgery ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
Case Surgery ◽  
Working Day

Long waiting lists, shortage of nurses and lack of resources bedevil surgical services. One solution has been the use of day surgery, patients being admitted and discharged within the working day. Day surgery, balanced by a corresponding reduction in inpatient surgical beds, helps hospital finances1 but do patients benefit and how do day units work? These questions have recently been addressed in two national reports.2,3

Northern Ireland regional spine megaclinic: a patient-centered approach to tackle waiting lists

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 388-393
Author(s):  
Lynn Murphy ◽  
Rakesh Dhokia ◽  
Philip McKeag ◽  
Nagy Darwish ◽  
Niall Eames
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Patient Centered

scholarly journals Respirology Manpower in Canada -- A Report for the Canadian Thoracic Society Education Committee

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W Cockcroft ◽  
David Wensley
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Education Committee ◽  
Data Support

A report on adult and pediatric respirology manpower in Canada was prepared from data supplied by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), and from program directors (and other colleagues) at universities across Canada. The data support a significant deficiency of adult respirologists in Canada, which is estimated to be from 10%, based on a 10-year-old outdated RCPSC recommendation, to 20%, based on equalization with the 'best' province, to as high as 50%, based on long waiting lists, particularly for respiratory sleep problems, and estimates obtained from academic centres across Canada. Although there are less data available for pediatric respirology, a similar approach suggests a 50% to 100% shortfall in pediatric respirologists. Output from Canadian training programs in adult and pediatric respirology is not likely to meet this need. We recommend that steps be taken urgently to provide sufficient resources for training adult and pediatric respirologists, and to ensure that funding is provided for subspecialist positions in the community.

The Future Delivery of Surgical Services: a meeting for managers and surgeons

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
James Armitage ◽  
Neil Russell
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Medical Director ◽  
Lake District ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Chief Executives ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
Hospital Managers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Lively Debate

The structure of the NHS is currently undergoing radical reforms that will inevitably impact on the future delivery of surgical care in England. In light of these changes, The Royal College of Surgeons of England has set out to establish a greater understanding between surgeons and hospital managers. In October 2006, a meeting was held in the Lake District at Rheged, Europe's largest grass-covered building. It was attended by almost a hundred people and included both managers of NHS hospitals and those from the independent sector, chief executives, and consultant and trainee surgeons representing all of the surgical specialties. The meeting was hosted by the president of the College, Mr Bernard Ribeiro, and was facilitated by Professor Tony Mundy, medical director of University College Hospital and director of the Institute of Urology. The meeting took an interactive format and generated some lively debate.

The College at the party conferences

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (9) ◽  
pp. 294-295
Author(s):  
John Black
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Royal College ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Professional Body ◽  
Opposition Parties

The Royal College of Surgeons is a professional body dedicated to setting the highest possible standards for surgery. It is a charity, not a political organisation, but in furtherance of its charitable aims, namely advancing surgical standards, it can enter the political arena and I think that it is vitally important that it does. Our membership survey tells me that you approve of the College entering the national political debate and putting forward to ministers and opposition parties the views of working surgeons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

scholarly journals What a legacy!

2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (8) ◽  
pp. 256-257
Author(s):  
Clare Marx
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
College President ◽  
Golf Course ◽  
Surgical Services

‘Baptism of fire @BBCr4today with John Humphreys @claremarx’ I didn’t expect the first day of my term of office to begin at 6.50am, facing John Humphreys for the Today programme – but why not? Where better to start as the new College President? My objective for the precious three minutes was not to talk about waiting lists, gallbladders and surgeons on the golf course, and I laboured to raise the pivotal role surgeons want to play in the challenges facing surgical services.

scholarly journals Improving quality of psychiatry training in Northern Ireland through the introduction of postgraduate education fellows

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S127-S127
Author(s):  
Catherine Boucher ◽  
Roisin Connolly ◽  
Michael Doris ◽  
Colin Gorman ◽  
Michael McMorran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Simulated Patients ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Psychiatry Education ◽  
Starting Point

AimsTo improve postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Northern Ireland.BackgroundHistorically within Northern Ireland there has been a postgraduate Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) teaching programme delivered to core trainees in preparation for MRCPsych examinations. There has been no official teaching programme for higher trainees. Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA), in collaboration with the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland and all five Trusts developed the novel idea of introducing Postgraduate Education Fellows, to oversee and improve core training, and to develop a bespoke higher training programme.The Postgraduate Education Fellows met to collate information from various sources in relation to issues within the current teaching programme and address these along with the development of new initiatives. The fellows further act as a point of contact for all trainees within their Trust to provide advice and support with education if needed.MethodOne higher trainee was appointed to the role of Postgraduate Education Fellow in each Trust within the NIMDTA deanery for a term of 1 year.The starting point was delivering the pre-established teaching timetable and gaining feedback from core trainees to identify areas for improvement. The next phase involved piloting traditional and contemporary methods of feedback. A further development was designing a mock paper A delivered under exam conditions. Two mock Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) exams were organised under exam conditions, offering other trainees the opportunity to act as simulated patients and examiners.The third aspect of this role involved creating a programme of higher trainee seminars. Baseline data were collated and identified key areas that higher trainees felt they needed further training and guidance in.ResultUsing baseline data on the current teaching programme and from higher trainees as well as incorporating quality improvement methodology, we have been making small changes to each aspect of the teaching programme and evaluating the changes made. The feedback from trainees has been positive as evidenced by quantitative and qualitative feedback. 8 candidates sat our first mock CASC with a 100% pass rate in their MRCPsych CASC examination. There has been a positive response to the higher trainee seminar programme.ConclusionThis programme has produced good outcomes to date and sets foundations for the future development of post graduate psychiatry education in Northern Ireland.

Nurses vote to take industrial action in Northern Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 522-522
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
College Of Nursing

Members of the Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action, including strike action, over the nurse staffing crisis and pay

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