‘Physical Disability in 1986 and Beyond’: A Review of the RCP Report

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-128
Author(s):  
A K Clarke
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Artificial Limb ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Professional Opinion ◽  
First Time

Successive official reports on rehabilitation and helping disabled people have been welcomed and then ignored. The Royal College of Physicians Report, however, appears to have been published at a time when public and professional opinion is in favour of developing services of this sort. A number of health authorities have already started to use the report as the basis for their own services and other changes, including the integration of the Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres (Disablement Service Centres) into the National Health Service, give hope for the future. An important part of the report is the demand for audit and a timetable, which for the first time will enable the monitoring of implementation of the recommendations.

scholarly journals CPD and the portfolio psychiatrist

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Flexible Approach

As the age at which psychiatrists leave the National Health Service falls, and as the importance of CPD grows, there is an increasing urgency to assist the professional development and the licensing of portfolio practitioners. A survey undertaken to gain an impression of the experiences of this group of members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists highlighted considerable difficulties for some. Recommendations are made here both for individual members and for the CPD structures within the College. In particular, it is suggested that the College help with the appraisal of members who are outside managed organisations and that enhanced responsibilities be given to regional CPD coordinators. Individual members should see the peer group as the centre of their CPD activities, take a flexible approach to their own CPD, and advise other members of their peer group accordingly.

scholarly journals The Future of the Membership

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Sydney Brandon
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Private Practitioners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Minimum Requirements

The question has been posed—is an examination necessary to admit to the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists? The College represents the views of psychiatrists, maintains the standards of the profession, regulates and monitors practise and accepts a broad overall responsibility for education. It should admit to its membership those who practice as psychiatrists. Who then are the psychiatrists? Should the membership be open to anyone who makes such a claim or should it be linked with appointment to specific jobs as a psychiatrist at a level yet to be determined? What of private practitioners, interested GPs? Surely anyone who wants to be a psychiatrist, to paraphrase Sam Goldwyn, ought to have his head examined by his peers to establish that his claim to be a psychiatrist is acceptable. It is the College which should regulate entry into the profession of psychiatry, not the National Health Service, an employing authority, or even the universities. Some membership entrance conditions are needed which lay down minimum requirements for becoming a psychiatrist and it is important to exclude or reject, in my view, before higher psychiatric training commences.

scholarly journals Humanist Chaplains Entering Traditionally Faith-Based NHS Chaplaincy Teams

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 744
Author(s):  
Lindsay Jane van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Patient Demographic ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
New Development ◽  
First Time ◽  
Healthcare Chaplaincy

Healthcare chaplaincy in the National Health Service (NHS) has rapidly changed in the last few years. Research shows a decline of people belonging to traditional faith frameworks, and the non-religious patient demographic in the NHS has increased swiftly. This requires a different approach to healthcare chaplaincy. Where chaplaincy has originally been a Christian profession, this has expanded to a multi-faith context. Over the last five years, humanists with non-religious beliefs have entered the profession for the first time, creating multi-faith and belief teams. As this is a very new development, this article will focus on literature about humanists entering traditionally faith-based NHS chaplaincy teams within the last five years in England. This article addresses the question “what are the developments resulting from the inclusion of humanist chaplains in healthcare chaplaincy?” Topics arising from the literature are an acknowledgement of a changing healthcare chaplaincy field, worries about changing current practices and chaplaincy funding, the use of (Christian) language excluding non-religious people and challenging assumptions about those who identify as non-religious.

Experiences of Women Refused National Health Service Abortion

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Ashton
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Misleading Information ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medical Consultations ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Experiences Of Women

SummaryOut of 197 Wessex women undergoing a legal abortion at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) clinic at Brighton, 31 (15·7%) had already been refused a termination of pregnancy by at least one National Health Service doctor in Wessex. Almost all of these pregnancies were terminated for reasons covered by the social clause of the 1967 Abortion Act.The principal reasons given for refusal of termination were that the women had insufficient grounds for termination under the Abortion Act, or that they were too late. Some were given misleading information. Refusal of an operation may have led to one woman having a second trimester rather a first trimester procedure when she went to BPAS. Some of these patients reported medical consultations which they had found to be upsetting or hurtful. It is suggested that the interests both of women seeking abortion and of doctors opposed to abortion would be best served if the Health Authorities were to provide alternative referral pathways to special abortion facilities.

scholarly journals Medical staffing crisis in psychiatry

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Jenkins ◽  
Jan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Health Service Executive ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The Republic

This article summarises the findings of a National Health Service Executive, Royal College of Psychiatrists', National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts, and Trust Federation working group on medical staffing in mental health, which reported to ministers in summer 1996 and was launched at a conference in November 1996 jointly with the College. Although primarily focused on England and Wales, it is clear that similar problems exist in other parts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

scholarly journals Conference panels: do they reflect the diversity of the NHS workforce?

BMJ Leader ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. leader-2020-000361
Author(s):  
Kethaki Prathivadi Bhayankaram ◽  
Nuthana Prathivadi Bhayankaram
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Median Percentage ◽  
First Finding ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundThe number of female and black, Asian and minor ethnicity (BAME) healthcare professionals has significantly increased over the last few decades. While this highlights the National Health Service (NHS) workforce as diverse and inclusive, most senior managers and conference panellists remain mainly men from Caucasian backgrounds.MethodsWe reviewed all publicly available data for major Royal College conferences in the UK from 2015 to 2019 to examine how many of the panellists were men or women and how many were Caucasian or BAME.ResultsOur first finding was that publicly available data were available for only 20 out of 70 conferences (29%). At 60% (n=12) of conferences, there were a predominance of male speakers. The median percentage of female speakers remained between 35% and 46%. There were no all-male panels. At 20% (n=4) of conferences in the sample, there were no BAME speakers. The median percentage of BAME speakers remained between 9% and 18%.ConclusionConference panels do not yet reflect the diversity of the NHS workforce. We all have a duty to promote inclusivity and diversity in medicine. One way to do this is via conferences, through appropriate actions by conference organisers, panellists and delegates.

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