The RCPE believes that staff grades, specialty doctors and associate specialists (SAS doctors) play a vital role in NHS service delivery, but that their contribution has been under-valued and there is a risk of losing these talented doctors from hospital medicine if they are not better supported.
RCPE Press Release
19 June 2013
NEW UK CHARTER TO SUPPORT SAS DOCTORS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
NHS employers and other stakeholders will today be urged to endorse and adopt a new UK-wide charter which has been developed by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) to recognise and support SAS doctors’ distinct professional needs.
Why is the Charter for SAS doctors required?
Dr Timothy Patrick Cassidy
Consultant Physician (Elderly Medicine and Stroke) St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
Graduated in 1983 from RCSI, Dublin. My postgraduate training was in the North East of England and Edinburgh. I was appointed a consultant physician in 1993 in the NE of England where I developed my interest in Stroke Medicine and services.
RCPE Press Release
11 June 2013
Dr Neil Dewhurst, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), said,
This issue marks the end of Dr Gillian Mead’s time as Assistant Editor, a task she has performed with consummate skill, precision and good humour. We wish to thank Gillian for her wise support. We welcome Dr Andrew Medford (Bristol) who has become Education Editor. Andrew’s interest in both medical education and publishing will be of great benefit.Each issue is a mosaic of topics which we hope crosses specialty boundaries imaginatively.
Three editorials in this issue should interest physicians, worldwide. First, our President and Vice Presidents map out the requirements for the NHS to restore quality healthcare and maintain patient dignity. Then, Alan Bittles applies unique knowledge of the global impact of genetic disorders to considering how this impinges on healthcare provision.
RCPE Press Release
28 May2013
Commenting on the publication of the government’s mandate to Health Education England [1], Dr Neil Dewhurst, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), said,
“The RCPE welcomes the publication of the mandate for Health Education England and in particular its emphasis on developing and supporting a highly trained medical workforce of a sufficient size and depth to deliver the future, and increasingly complex, care needs of patients in England.
