title: Cost of achieving a balance in the anaesthetic department of a district general hospital.
abstract: In Achieving a Balance the Department of Health published requirements for medical staffing in hospitals. To review the effect that these would be likely to have a study was undertaken in the anaesthetic department of a district general hospital. The results were then validated with staffing levels in a new district general hospital with only one tier of junior staff. It was found that over the next 10 years a massive expansion in the numbers of consultants would be needed at a cost of 108,000 pounds in salaries and employer's contributions alone.
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004739:England; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000191:economics*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D000078329:Workforce