General surgical workload in England and Wales.
An attempt was made to measure the workload of a typical general surgical firm (two part time consultants and their junior staff) serving a population of 100 000 in England and Wales. This provides a background against which to plan curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, as well as being a guide to the experience that a surgical trainee should get in a suitable training post. The effect of changes in surgical staffing on the number of operations done by a surgeon may also be estimated.
D001509:Bed Occupancy; D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014852:Wales; D000078329:Workforce