Extended Hours Working in Radiotherapy in the UK Export

@article{citeulike:3478600, abstract = {To analyse extended hours working patterns within UK cancer centres and to assess alternatives to the normal 9.00\ am to 5.00\ pm working day. Questionnaires were sent to 62 radiotherapy managers in June and July 2005 to survey where extended hours working had been implemented, the objectives for using a longer working day and how departments organised their service issues, including staffing levels, costs and patients. This was followed by visits to six departments that were working extended hours. A second questionnaire sent to 60 radiotherapy physics managers in September 2005 requested information for the hours of daily, monthly and annual megavoltage machine servicing and quality assurance (QA). A third questionnaire was distributed to all radiotherapy outpatients from four departments who attended on a single day of survey in 2005. It looked at patient preference for treatment hours. It was concluded that two shifts covering an 11.5\ h working day is a robust alternative to the normal working day, taking into consideration efficient use of radiographers and patient preference for out of hours appointments.}, author = {White, L. and Beckingham, E. and Calman, F. and Deehan, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {3478600}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2007.01.442}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0936655507004839}, doi = {10.1016/j.clon.2007.01.442}, issn = {09366555}, journal = {Clinical Oncology}, keywords = {phd, planning, workload}, month = {May}, number = {4}, pages = {213--222}, posted-at = {2008-11-04 14:21:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Extended Hours Working in Radiotherapy in the UK}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2007.01.442}, volume = {19}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3478600 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3478600 N2 - To analyse extended hours working patterns within UK cancer centres and to assess alternatives to the normal 9.00 am to 5.00 pm working day. Questionnaires were sent to 62 radiotherapy managers in June and July 2005 to survey where extended hours working had been implemented, the objectives for using a longer working day and how departments organised their service issues, including staffing levels, costs and patients. This was followed by visits to six departments that were working extended hours. A second questionnaire sent to 60 radiotherapy physics managers in September 2005 requested information for the hours of daily, monthly and annual megavoltage machine servicing and quality assurance (QA). A third questionnaire was distributed to all radiotherapy outpatients from four departments who attended on a single day of survey in 2005. It looked at patient preference for treatment hours. It was concluded that two shifts covering an 11.5 h working day is a robust alternative to the normal working day, taking into consideration efficient use of radiographers and patient preference for out of hours appointments. IS - 4 JF - Clinical Oncology SN - 09366555 EP - 222 TI - Extended Hours Working in Radiotherapy in the UK VL - 19 SP - 213 KW - phd KW - planning KW - workload AU - White, L AU - Beckingham, E AU - Calman, F AU - Deehan, C PY - 2007/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2007.01.442 ER -