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Welcome to the Staff Grade and Associate specialists' Section of the BGS website. The SAS Group was constituted with the following objectives:

To provide a specialist focus for staff grade, associate specialist and trust doctors who are involved in the care of older people.
To promote an active Society, which identifies and pursues the professional and academic needs of its members
To maintain an up to date register of all SAS doctors working within elderly care medicine
To provide support and assistance to members to fulfill their Continuing Professional Development
To act as a link to other specialist groups in order to facilitate involvement in audit and research
To maintain links with and offer support to the British Medical Association and RCP for other matters such as revalidation, remuneration, working conditions, entry to the specialist register and career progression

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SAS Doctors in Research

Monday, 07 June 2010 15:26 Amer Jafar

Continuing investment in medical research should be one of the goals to improving the quality of healthcare, as stated by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in its policy programme Leading for Quality: the foundation for healthcare over the next decade (March 2010).¹

Last Updated on Monday, 07 June 2010 19:36 Read more...

Speciality Doctors and Associate Specialists Update

Monday, 07 June 2010 14:11 Amer Jafar

Amer Jafar In Wales, there are almost 1000 SAS doctors comprising around 22 per cent of the medical workforce.

From my own experience in Wales, I would estimate that almost 60 per cent of SAS doctors participate in teaching, audit and research activities, in addition to delivering clinical services. In fact the local Welsh SAS Doctors contract which is based on the national contract for SAS Doctors is refers to the good medical practice guide which states that SAS Doctors are entitled to 20 per cent of their hours as professional supported activity (SPA). This means that 2 SPA sessions are required to meet the requirements for revalidation and clinical governance.

Last Updated on Monday, 07 June 2010 14:55 Read more...

Doctors in difficulty

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:36 Sue Morgan

SAS Teamwork The London and KSS deaneries fund the Mednet service for doctors in difficulty - a confidential consultation service for doctors by doctors. For this and other services see their website. It is located at Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust and at South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

MedNet provides doctors and dentists with confidential consultations, advice about their careers, emotional support, and when needed, access to other expert help. This may include more specialised psychotherapeutic interventions (which embrace all the mainstream modalities of psychotherapy), or specialised psychiatric advice.

MedNet is staffed by Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy, who have seen over 750 doctors face-to-face in the last ten years. Treatment interventions are tailored to the individual practitioner in the context of a supportive relationship.To access MedNet, practitioners, of any grade or specialty, must live or work within the area covered by the London Deanery and KSS Deanery.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 15:11 Read more...

Associate Specialist and Speciality Doctors (SAS) as Medical Academics

Sunday, 16 May 2010 15:52 Amer Jafar

On 14th May 2010, the British Medical Association (BMA) conference of Medical Academic representatives called for the universities to recognise the clinical and teaching skills of SAS doctors or the Associate Specialist and Speciality Doctors. The conference was of the view that an Associate Specialist/Speciality Doctor who is on honorary University contract as a clinical teacher should have the opportunity to become a lecturer if he/she can demonstrate that he/she meets the criteria for academic medical staff progression as is the case with other consultant colleagues.

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