Foundation doctors and quality improvement: frustrations from the frontline

Get trainee doctors formally involved in hospital quality improvement teams

“…I welcome the suggested involvement of “interprofessional teams,” “clearly allocated time,” and ensuring more autonomy as project leaders, but this doesn’t go far enough. Quality improvement work is both a part of the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice guide and mandatory for UK doctors’ training progression 2. But early career doctors already spend a large proportion of time on administrative tasks, which have been associated with burnout 3…”