Flexible and Less Than Full Time Working

The RCPE is acutely aware of the changing nature of the medical workforce and today’s changing working patterns. We recognise that it is becoming increasingly difficult for many to participate in College business when they are already fully occupied with heavy clinical workloads and family life. We are keen to explore new ways of encouraging participation by women and less than full time (LTFT) doctors in order to ensure that the views of LTFT workers, who are currently under-represented on College Committees, are represented within the College and that the College remains fully engaged with the future majority workforce. To this end we have -

• established a network of Fellows and Members who will act as LTFT mentors and from whom other Fellows and Members can seek informal advice re LTFT working

• established a wider group of LTFT Fellows and Members who would be willing to provide occasional comment by e-mail in order to inform College responses to external policy consultations and other College Business

• created a useful resource for Fellows and Members of links to external sources of information about LTFT working

LTFT pages (Fellows and Members' area)