Trainee study leave: the real cost

摘要

Study leave is granted for postgraduate purposes approved by the employing authority, and includes study (usually, but not exclusively or necessarily, on a course), research, teaching, examining or taking examinations, visiting clinics and attending professional conferences. The NHS is under financial pressure; as a consequence, efficiency and cost savings are being sought. Study leave budgets may come under increasing scrutiny in the future. At the same time, the costs of being a doctor in training are escalating, making the financial support and leave of absence provided by study leave ever more vital.