Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2008) 14: 321-325. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.002790
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The needs of new consultants

Julian Beezhold

Julian Beezhold is a consultant in emergency psychiatry in Norwich (Harnser House, Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton High Road, Norwich NR6 5BE, UK. Email: beezhold{at}doctors.org.uk) and a former deputy registrar of the College. He is a past Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Psychiatric Trainees Committee, and a past President of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees. He is currently part of a small committee leading the Young Psychiatrists initiative within the European Psychiatric Association, of which he is a Board Member Elect.

Abstract

This editorial discusses the needs of new consultants with reference to existing research and attempts made to meet these needs both within the Royal College of Psychiatrists and elsewhere. Some future challenges for new consultant psychiatrists are identified and discussed. Initiatives that can help meet their needs on a personal and also on an organisational level are suggested. A call is made for new consultants to take control of their own destiny using tried and tested methods and thereby creating hope for their future.