title: Off-duty for consultants in the week? It can be done!
abstract: A work schedule is presented for a single team of three consultant general surgeons which has a rotating three-week timetable with two of them doing routine work only while the other just does the emergencies. It is suggested that this way of working may have widespread application.
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*