RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Consultant job planning for a 7-day service JF Future Hospital Journal JO Future Hosp J FD Royal College of Physicians SP 33 OP 36 DO 10.7861/futurehosp.4-1-33 VO 4 IS 1 A1 Matthew Lewis YR 2017 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/1/33.abstract AB At a time of competing demands on the National HealthService (NHS), systematic consultant job planning is necessary to ensure that limited resources are being used productively, especially with the prospect of expanded 7-day services. Based on a presentation to the Royal College of Physicians Annual Conference in March 2016, a broad overview of job planning is presented, together with more specific examples relating to acute medicine and gastroenterology/general medicine.