Our sister College in Canada holds its first Annual Conference in Ottawa from 20 - 22 September 2001. Its theme will be 'Achieving Quality Health Care through Education, Professional Development and Research'. Our President, Professor Ross Lorimer, will be attending the Conference and would be delighted to meet any Glasgow Fellows or Members who are also there. This web site was given a facelift on Monday 12 th February. Replacing the familiar blue navigation bar on the left is a tabbed system similar to that in use at Amazon, a top web company.
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The Senate of Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland has published Consultant Surgeons Team Working in Surgical Practice . This paper examines issues raised by one of the recommendations in the Senate s response to the GMC s determination on the Bristol case. The recommendation was that the independent practitioner status in the consultant contract should be reviewed. The aim would be to encourage consultant team working and to facilitate clinical governance. Copies of the paper are being distributed through the Surgical Specialty Associations.