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THE REPORT
The evidence within the report points to a recruitment system for consultants that is not working effectively or efficiently. The process by which appointments are made is viewed as bureaucratic and in need of updating. All stakeholders interviewed could identify areas for improvement and the report provides evidence of the need for improvement in many areas of the process to ensure it is effective. Improvements to every stage of the recruitment process have been identified in the findings.
Based on these findings three options for improvements to the appointment of medical and dental consultants were identified. These options are:
- Option One: retain the status quo - retaining the current arrangements with some improvements to the processing of the system;
- Option Two: setting up a new two stage process which will allow Health Boards to recruit a new consultant from a list of those who have been deemed clinically competent. In this option we suggest that the Royal Colleges through the Academy would be the most appropriate bodies to undertake the first stage in the recruitment process.
- Option Three: allowing individual NHS Boards to undertake recruitment for consultants to suit local need and in their own way, as they do for all other clinical and managerial posts, with the exception of board- level Executive Director posts.
A copy of the executive summary of the research report is attached to this consultation paper at Annex A. A full copy of the report can be accessed online at www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent . Hard copies of the report are also available from Jenny Simons on 0131 244 3482 or Jenny.Simons@scotland.gsi.gov.uk .
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