TY - JOUR T1 - Introducing an annualised contract for a consultant team in a district general hospital JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 222 LP - 226 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-3-222 VL - 13 IS - 3 AU - Lachlan Ayres AU - Rebecca Hughes AU - Trevor Brooklyn AU - Ian Shaw AU - Roland Valori Y1 - 2013/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/3/222.abstract N2 - The majority of physicians work a weekly timetable consisting of programmed activities (PAs) defined by the consultant contract. This paper describes the implementation of an annualised contract within a gastroenterology department, which is located across two district general hospital sites within the same trust. The perceived benefits of the system include the introduction of a new out-of-hours emergency endoscopy service, more efficient backfilling of vacant endoscopy lists and greater transparency of work patterns and workload between colleagues and within the trust. ER -