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NHS Topics and Questions Quiz - Consultant, SpR, SHO, ST, F1 and F2 Interviews

Test your NHS knowledge. Answer each sub-section (A to E) true or false and see the answers at the bottom of the page to compare your responses.

  1. Non-medics performing roles traditionally performed by doctors…
    1. breaks down professional boundaries
    2. is separate to EWTD
    3. impairs multi-disciplinary team working
    4. will increase training opportunities for doctors
    5. includes donor care physiologists
  2. The European Working Time Directive…
    1. may cause changes in work patterns
    2. maximum 48 hours per week by 2010
    3. Is currently under review
    4. time on call does not count
    5. may cause redistribution of work
  3. Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)…
    1. helps translate evidence into practice
    2. is a part of clinical governance
    3. is separate from audit
    4. uses the best evidence to treat populations
    5. case control is a higher level of evidence than case series
  4. The Healthcare Commission…
    1. government body that oversees the NHS
    2. inspects hospitals
    3. takes a national view
    4. is not involved in clinical governance
    5. deals with complaints
  5. Team-working…
    1. reduces efficiency, morbidity and mortality
    2. helps ensure high-quality patient-centred care
    3. good for efficiency and staff retention
    4. teams should have more than 20 people
    5. can provoke competition
  6. Modernising Medical Careers (MMC)…
    1. aims to streamline post-graduate medical education and training
    2. includes F1, F2 and F3 years
    3. allows training in generic skills
    4. utilises competency based training
    5. based on a curriculum in ‘The New Doctor’
  7. The NHS Plan…
    1. included the formation of the Healthcare Commission and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
    2. separates healthcare and social services
    3. increases access, speed and quality
    4. aims to produce a health service fit for the 21st century
    5. GDP spent on the NHS in UK at present is 13%
  8. Connecting for Health…
    1. allows online access to policies, procedures and developments
    2. allows access to electronic patient records and could potentially breach the data protection act
    3. excludes e-prescribing
    4. will require increased staff training
    5. organised by Cisco systems
  9. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)…
    1. recommend the most effective treatments
    2. produce guidelines
    3. organise five confidential enquiries
    4. involved in local implementation
    5. appraise new and existing treatments
  10. Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTC)…
    1. will account for more than 20% of surgical activity by 2008
    2. prices are based on a national tariff
    3. may ‘cherry-pick’ patients and favour profitable services
    4. conform to Healthcare Commission standards

Answers for Multiple Choice Questions

Section a b c d e
1 True False False False True
2 True False True False True
3 True True False False True
4 False True True False True
5 False True True False True
6 True False True True True
7 True False True True False
8 True True False True False
9 True True False True True
10 True True True True -