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. 1988 Oct 22;297(6655):1033-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6655.1033.

Cost of achieving a balance in the anaesthetic department of a district general hospital

J Hurst  1 , J A Curson
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Cost of achieving a balance in the anaesthetic department of a district general hospital

J Hurst et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

In Achieving a Balance the Department of Health published requirements for medical staffing in hospitals. To review the effect that these would be likely to have a study was undertaken in the anaesthetic department of a district general hospital. The results were then validated with staffing levels in a new district general hospital with only one tier of junior staff. It was found that over the next 10 years a massive expansion in the numbers of consultants would be needed at a cost of 108,000 pounds in salaries and employer's contributions alone.

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