Doctors wishing to register to practise should contact the Chairman, Medical Council, Jemmotts Lane, St Michael, Barbados. Print out a form, fill it in, and post three copies to the above address. There is no charge to apply. Doctors wishing to work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital should contact the Personnel Officer, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, St Michael, Barbados, and include details of their intention and qualifications. Doctors wishing to work in the public health sector should contact the Ministry of Health, Jemmotts Lane, St Michael, Barbados.
Reports are generally prompt as they are done in-house, and admitting patients is straightforward.
Departments are managed by full time consultants elected by their colleagues in the department who are responsible for allocation of staff, proposals, departmental annual estimates, the training of doctors on their firm, and the management of this team. For this they are paid an honorarium, and contracts are usually for between two and three years. Care of public patients is divided broadly by department, and each department is allotted wards with a set number of beds. Each ward is then subdivided by firms. A firm consists of a consultant supported by a registrar, senior house officer, and house officers or interns.