Why the study?
A growing workforce gap compounded by an ageing workforce and early voluntary retirements motivated this initiative to address consultant attrition and evaluate whether career pacing could extend working careers.
Proactive career pacing and alternative working approaches are needed to address the growing workforce gap and early retirement among ageing anaesthetists.
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May warrant workload adjustments for senior anaesthetists; leaves open whether pacing reduces errors or extends careers.
There is clear evidence of a growing workforce gap and this is compounded by demographic data that show the current workforce is ageing. Within the current workforce, more doctors are taking voluntary early retirement and the loss of these experienced clinicians from departments can have wide-ranging effects. Older doctors are at risk of age-related health problems (e.g. sight, musculoskeletal, menopause) and are more susceptible to the effects of fatigue, which may increase the risk of error and or complaint. The purpose of this working party and advocacy campaign was to address concerns over the number of consultants retiring at the earliest opportunity and whether a different approach could extend the working career of consultant anaesthetists and SAS doctors. This could be viewed as 'pacing your career'. The earlier this is considered in a clinician's career the greater the potential mitigation on individuals.
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Davies et al. (2022) studied this question.
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