© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, and British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine
EDITORIAL
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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Correspondence to:
Dr Colville Laird
BASICS Education Scotland, Sandpiper House, Aberuthven Enterprise Park, Main Road, ABERUTHVEN, Perthshire PH3 1EL; claird@basics-scotland.org.uk
A new subspeciality of prehospital and retrieval medicine is proposed – the dialogue should start
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In the Prehospital Care section of this edition of the Journal McKenzie & Bevan propose the formation of a subspecialty of prehospital and retrieval medicine. They argue that the standards and varying provision of prehospital medical care compare poorly with the more uniform consultant led Accident & Emergency services and suggest that the new GP contract, development of GP’s with special interests, licensing and re-validation and the reform of postgraduate medical education all make this the appropriate time to form a new subspeciality.
This article is accompanied by responses from:
- The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care
- The Royal College of Anaesthetists
- The Royal College of General Practitioners
- The Faculty of Accident & Emergency Medicine
- BASMeD
- BASICS Scotland
All respondents wish to see a dialogue on this topic taken forward. The formation of the new Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board and the supervision of a new style of medical education with competencies
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