Footnotes
1. There may be several explanations for these findings. For example, the proportion of female doctors in senior posts could reflect medical school intake over the previous decades. Further research is warranted in this area to clarify the causal factors for these findings.
2. Many of those interviewed were also senior consultants.
3. Note, that payment to national panellist is only made where the person is carrying out these duties outside of their contracted NHS time. It was reported that the vast majority of panellists get no payment.
4. The current person specifications do refer to clinical/ technical competence which is crucial
5. See the Best Practice Selection Literature Review in this document for a summary of the issues