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How can GMC be supportive of doctors:
Colville Shift from "When things go wrong" to anticipating and intervening earlier.
GMC is shifting towards promoting excellence
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Workforce: the aging anaesthetist: people retire earlier than they may want
Ireland: no SAS doc label; increase in number of trainees graduating as Consultants
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Workforce planning
RM 14% of Anaesthetic workforce with European qualifications
40% want to leave after Brexit
Welfare: 20% of workforce are SAS doctors retention and wellbeing
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Workforce planning in the long-term
Colville: GMC workforce group
RM Anaesthetic workforce prediction: 25% reduction in workforce (overall and recruitment).
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Winter pressures document (AAGBI & RCoA) will mostly cover the circumstances of a Consultant or SAS acting outside their area of expertise.
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Panel discussion:
Questions:
What is the risk for anaesthetists asked to undertake tasks outside their area of expertise?
RM: prior experience and appropriate supervision apre prerequisites to helping in A/E.
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Future training needs should be based on populational demographics assessment (prepare for multimorbidity and the split between rural and urban).