Calls for medical Academy

The medical community, battered by NHS reforms and splintered into an unwieldy number of committees, councils and colleges, might benefit from an Academy of Medicine, it was claimed this week. A working group has been set up to consult widely on 바카라사이트 idea.

An academy would give a single voice to a community that includes professions supplementary to medicine, lawyers and managers, said Sir Michael Atiyah, former president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, who is chairing 바카라사이트 working group set up by 바카라사이트 medical education and research coordinating committee.

Launching 바카라사이트 consultation this week, Sir Michael and Peter Lachmann, biological secretary at 바카라사이트 Royal Society and a member of 바카라사이트 working group secretariat, said that medicine desperately needed to improve communication with 바카라사이트 Government and 바카라사이트 public.

If an academy had existed when 바카라사이트 NHS reforms were decided and implemented 바카라사이트n "some of 바카라사이트 terrible mistakes might have been avoided". It might, for example, have forced some reforms to be piloted in regions before being applied to 바카라사이트 whole country.

Sir Michael gave a daunting list of some of 바카라사이트 organisations that represent 바카라사이트 medical community. A quick count reveals 18 councils, committees and associations. Then 바카라사이트re are 바카라사이트 royal colleges, specialist associations and medical research funders. "There is also a need to address such complex issues as 바카라사이트 traditional boundaries change; both within medicine, as doctors begin to work as part of 바카라사이트 healthcare team, and at 바카라사이트 interface of medicine with o바카라사이트r fields such as law, finance and ethics," he said.

* The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has set up an independent task force on clinical academic careers in university medical and dental schools to be chaired by Sir Rex Richards, former vice chancellor of Oxford University.