The medical service increment for teaching (SIFT): a ￡400m anachronism for the English NHS?

摘要

In 1997-8, over ￡400m ($640m) of NHS money was designated as the medical service increment for teaching (SIFT). The manifest purpose of SIFT is to ensure that the NHS supports quality and innovation in under- graduate medical education. This includes supporting the increasing role of teaching in hospitals other than them main university hospital affiliated with each medical school, general practices, and other community set- tings. SIFT is designed to be paid in addition to income gained by medical schools for teaching medical students.