Improving Doctors' Working Lives

The Independent today has a front page interview with Carol Black, President of the Royal College of Physicians, which opens with the sentence: "The medical profession is in danger of losing its power and influence because too many women are scaling its ranks". Professor Black is concerned that because women choose a better work-life balance, they will not be able to take on roles which require long hours and extra-clinical commitment. However, dig a bit deeper and you'll find Carol Black is actually advocating more support to "make it possible for women to participate in everything - doing research, attending committees, influencing the Department of Health".

Explosive though the article seems at first glance, it emphasises the need for a proper work-life balance in all medical careers; if this is not possible then women - and indeed men who are primary carers - will struggle to access certain specialties and to attain leadership positions in medicine.
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