Staffing of a combined general medical service and gastroenterology unit in a district general hospital. A report prepared for the Royal College of Physicians (London). Gastroenterology Committee and the Clinical Services Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology.

This paper describes the roles of a consultant general physician with a special interest in gastroenterology and associated staff working in a district general hospital. Its aim is to define the needs for staff in both the general medical and gastroenterological aspects of the service. Generalisations are based on data and comments received from 130 physicians. It is recognised that the staffing needs of University affiliated hospitals, or certain hospitals which provide a special service for patients outside their own district, differ from that presented here for hospitals which serve a local community.