saturday

Senior doctorsThe terms 'senior' and 'junior' in the medical profession indicate whether or not the doctor concerned is still in training. Senior doctors have many titles. The two most familiar are consultant and GP. There are others, however, including: staff doctors, specialty doctor, associate specialist, trust doctor, hospital practitioner, clinical assistant and clinical medical officer. These other titles are often grouped together and called staff and associate specialists ('SAS' doctors).


Consultants and general practitioners are allowed to practise independently (ie without supervision), and are considered to be fully trained, although all doctors are required to pursue continuing professional development (CPD) throughout their careers. Before a doctor can become a consultant or general practitioner they need to be listed on the GMC's specialist register for hospital and other specialists, or the GP register for GPs. Consultants are responsible for the education and supervision of junior doctors, and for the supervision of SAS doctors.

SAS doctors are an experienced group of hospital doctors who have spent some time as junior doctors but most of them have not completed all of the specialist training in the UK needed to be registered on the GMC's specialist register. Some SAS doctors do however achieve specialist registration by having their qualifications and experience assessed by the PMETB, and for personal reasons remain practising as SAS doctors rather than taking up consultant posts.
Academic doctorsAcademic or clinical academic doctors teach or conduct research at universities. In many cases, academic doctors combine their academic work with practice as clinicians. Academic doctors are responsible for teaching new generations of doctors and undertaking research in order to take forward the science of medicine. Common job titles for academic doctors are: clinical academic fellow, clinical lecturer, clinical research fellow, lecturer, senior lecturer, professor or reader. Academics who are professors, readers or senior lecturers will normally have a clinical contract at a hospital or be a GP. A doctor in a post such as clinical lecturer will also normally occupy a training grade post such as specialty registrar or GP registrar.

here is some BMA guidelines i dug out it's just amazing in this day and age with the information super highway NHS trusts just think they can fob you off with any old shit!
i still have not heard back from the NHS trust involved i think they have somthing to hide ;)http://www.bma.org.uk/patients_public/whos_who_healthcare/glossdoctors.jsp

i have not bloged in a few days i'm getting 8+ hours a night/day but i an finging i am falling asleep infront of the telly so going to bed then i'm wide awake! for a few hours then going back to bed.