Letters
Need for workforce to grow
Focus on education and wellbeing to aid specialty recruitment
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n39 (Published 08 January 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n39
- Ricky Ellis, specialist registrar in urology and intercollegiate research fellow,
- Reena Ellis, specialist registrar in anaesthesia
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
- rickyellis{at}nhs.net
We echo the concerns of the Royal College of Anaesthetists about the workforce gap in anaesthetics.1 This problem is not exclusive to anaesthesia and exists in many specialties; the NHS was experiencing a workforce crisis long before the covid-19 pandemic.2 Consultant posts are unfilled across the UK, yet specialty training remains a bottleneck because of the lack of specialty …
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