ACPs – DAUK https://dauk.org The voice of frontline doctors Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:54:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 DAUK voice concerns as hospital seeks to appoint ACP to consultant role https://dauk.org/dauk-voice-concerns-as-hospital-seeks-to-appoint-acp-to-consultant-role/ https://dauk.org/dauk-voice-concerns-as-hospital-seeks-to-appoint-acp-to-consultant-role/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:54:27 +0000 https://dauk.org/dauk-voice-concerns-as-hospital-seeks-to-appoint-acp-to-consultant-role/ Hospital image

A hospital has sparked controversy by seeking to recruit an advanced clinical practitioner to fill a consultant’s job in emergency medicine, it has been revealed in Doctors.net

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals says the appointment will be a non-medical consultant, working on a tier 4 rota.

DAUK wrote to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and received the following response:

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