Demand for Emergency Treatment to Cure Lack of Junior Doctors As Fears Over Patient Safety Are Raised ; Health Opposition Calls for Urgent Action On Recruitment
Western Mail › February 02, 2009
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PATIENT safety could be at risk because a shortage of doctors in Welsh hospitals, medical leaders warned last night.
The Western Mail has learnt that there were 164.5 vacancies for junior doctors - the term for any member of staff below consultant level - across Wales at the end of December.See the full content of this document
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Demand for Emergency Treatment to Cure Lack of Junior Doctors As Fears Over Patient Safety Are Raised ; Health Opposition Calls for Urgent Action On Recruitment
The largest numbers of vacancies are in A&E departments, paediatrics, general medicine and trauma and orthopaedics.
No services have been directly affected as NHS trusts try to adjust rotas to cover the vacant posts.Some trusts are relying on expensive locum cover to fill in the gaps.But Dr Richard Lewis, Welsh secret...See the full content of this document
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