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ACTION POINTS FOR THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
PROFESSOR LIAM DONALDSON
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| 1. |
Amendment to
the European Specialist Medical Qualifications
Order 1995 to allow locum consultants on to
a Specialist Register, and fair recognition
of locum work which has been denied discriminately
by the STA and Colleges. |
| 2. |
Recall and reassessment
of all mediated entry applications. |
| 3. |
Dedicated NTNs
for locums to enable integration and completion
of training. |
| 4. |
Ringfenced SpR
posts for doctors currently in locum consultant
and other locum posts. |
| 5. |
Postgraduate medical education should be
the responsibility of new bodies, NOT the
Royal Colleges who are institutional racists
and corrupt.
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| 6. |
The discriminatory
clauses in the ESMQO 1995 be removed and locum
consultants doing the same work as substantive
consultants be given the same and equal recognition. |
| 7. |
In view of evidence
of deliberate failing in the exit examination
as provided to the CMO (Dr Vowle's letter)
this exam be abolished in mediated entry. |
| 8. |
LDA be recognised
as trade union and the DOHINHS negotiate with
us now that the BMA has been proved to be
institutionally racist in Raj Chaudhary's
case. |
| 9. |
Clear criteria
be devised in PG assessment and by the GMC
to prevent discrimination. |
| 10. |
Locum consultants
be granted private practice rights. It is
ludicrous that a locum can do a tonsillectomy
on a patient in the NHS but not the same on
the same patient in private. |
| 11. |
GMC should be stripped of all disciplinary
functions. These should be carried out by
a Medical Tribunal chaired by a High Court
judge.
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| 12. |
Tighten the regulation
of locum agencies. |
| 13. |
All references
and testimonials and reports should be open
and transparent. |
| 14. |
The LDA should
be included in all decision-making in areas
affecting hospital locum doctors. |
| 15. |
Hospital locums
have lost out on pay increases. We need to
negotiate this with you. |
| 16. |
There is no increment
scale for locum consultants. They earn the
same fixed salary for as much as 20 years.
This lowers superannuation as well. |
