TY - JOUR T1 - Letters to the editor JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - 151 LP - 151 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-151 VL - 4 IS - 2 AU - Timothy W Evans AU - Timothy WR Briggs Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/2/151.1.abstract N2 - Editor – we read with great interest the opinion piece concerning consultant job planning for a 7-day service authored by Dr Matthew Lewis in last issue of Future Hospital Journal.1 We were each previously medical directors, with a combined experience totalling some 25 years, and found the examples of how to plan for 7-day services both clear and compelling. Lewis’ conclusion that ‘effective job planning allows finite resources to be used to the greatest effect’ … ER -