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The feminisation of British neurology: implications for workforce planning

CB Carroll, DSNA Pengiran Tengah, C Lawthom and G Venables
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-339
Clin Med August 2007
CB Carroll
1Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Birmingham
Roles: Honorary Consultant Neurologist
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DSNA Pengiran Tengah
2Department of Neurology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Roles: Specialist Registrar
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C Lawthom
3Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Roles: Clinical Research Fellow
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G Venables
4Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Roles: President Association of British Neurologists, Consultant Neurologist
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Abstract

As in other hospital specialties, an increasing proportion of neurology trainees are female. To predict the workforce implications it is necessary to determine what life choices future neurologists will make. A questionnaire survey of life choices was administered to neurology consultants and trainees, general medical senior house officers, and medical students. Of the 344 respondents, 3% of specialist registrars (SpRs) and 4.6% of consultants work part time. Eighty-seven per cent of female and 22% of male junior doctors plan to work part time for, on average, 7.5 and 1.5 years respectively. Thirty percent of consultants also plan to work part time. A number of SpRs (14.3%) and consultants (6%) have taken a career break while 37.5% of SpRs and 18.2% of consultants are planning a career break. The changing demands of both sexes will have a greater impact on the neurology workforce than the increasing proportion of women alone. Increased part-time working will require additional trainees to ensure service requirements are met.

KEY WORDS
  • demographics
  • female doctors
  • part-time working
  • workforce implications
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CB Carroll, DSNA Pengiran Tengah, C Lawthom, G Venables
Clinical Medicine Aug 2007, 7 (4) 339-342; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-339

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CB Carroll, DSNA Pengiran Tengah, C Lawthom, G Venables
Clinical Medicine Aug 2007, 7 (4) 339-342; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-339
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