@article {Vickery308, author = {D S Vickery and G G Bodiwala}, title = {Senior house officer withdrawals from hospital posts: a questionnaire survey}, volume = {19}, number = {4}, pages = {308--310}, year = {2002}, doi = {10.1136/emj.19.4.308}, publisher = {British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine}, abstract = {Objectives: To assess the nature and number of unexpected withdrawal by senior house officers (SHOs) after acceptance of a hospital post at interview, and to investigate the reasons and possible solutions. Design: Postal questionnaire based study. Subjects: Medical staffing departments, accident and emergency (A\&E) consultants, and withdrawing SHOs in England. Main outcome measures: Unexpected withdrawals by hospital specialty, three year trend in A\&E departments, notice and reasons given, and action taken. Results: 39\% of medical staffing departments reported unexpected withdrawals in a broad spectrum of specialties for February 1998. In the specialty of A\&E medicine this occurred in 34\% of departments. Overall 72\% of A\&E departments had experienced this problem over a three year period, and the trend is increasing. The majority of A\&E consultants (70\%) took no action, and there was a lack of consensus among all respondents on the appropriate course of action to prevent this escalating problem. Conclusions: Unexpected SHO withdrawal is a substantial issue in hospital medicine and has been increasing in A\&E medicine. Measures to prevent this national problem are urgently needed.}, issn = {1472-0205}, URL = {https://emj.bmj.com/content/19/4/308}, eprint = {https://emj.bmj.com/content/19/4/308.full.pdf}, journal = {Emergency Medicine Journal} }