RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rapid transformation of the medical on-call rotas to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e36
OP e41
DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0148
VO 8
IS 1
A1 Aziz, Amir
A1 Patel, Neel
A1 Chakravorty, Trishna
A1 Yan, May
A1 Gull, David
A1 Clare, Sarbjit
A1 Varma, Chetan
YR 2021
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/1/e36.abstract
AB At Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust, an emergency rota was put into place in anticipation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key changes included re-deploying non-general medical (GIM) consultants on to the GIM on-call rota and re-deploying junior doctors on to medical rotas, and introducing a COVID-19 induction training programme to support these redeployments. Results from a survey showed 100% of consultants felt the rotas were resilient, with 96% of consultants stating they felt the rotas were well-staffed and 77% stating that they observed no drop in quality of care. Here we outline how these changes were made and present quantitative and qualitative feedback, with the aim of informing other trusts carrying out similar urgent reconfigurations in the future, or seeking to apply the lessons learnt to their non-emergency rotas.