Influence of changing work patterns on training in anaesthesia: an analysis of activity in a UK teaching hospital from 1996 to 2004 † †This article is accompanied by the Editorial.
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The reduction in total operating theatre cases for trainees was evident across the epochs analysed, case numbers fell after introduction of the New Deal as well as more recently following the WTD, particularly for SHOs who are now doing a larger proportion of their work at night.
Abstract
The reduction in total operating theatre cases for our trainees was evident across the epochs analysed, case numbers fell after introduction of the New Deal as well as more recently following the WTD, particularly for SHOs who are now doing a larger proportion of their work at night. SHOs and SpRs are doing more obstetric cases than in previous times but these are regional and not general anaesthetics.