No it's not sensible at all. Sadly when these things are
arranged they tend to be at the convenience of the host
department rather than anything else. The Chelsea event is
timed to coincide with the London RITAs.

Rest assurred your points have been made by us!

See you in Salamanca?

Iain


On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:47:37 -0000
"Oli Gee" <ojgee@...> wrote:
> Iain,
>
> I was just looking at the training diary for the summer
>to plan the
> departments leave etc. Is it really sensible to have
>the Chelsea
> training day on the two days leading up to Colorectal
>Club and the
> week before BAPS? It is also the week after the exam.
> I know
> attendance is always an issue at meetings but by placing
>things so
> close together it will be difficult to be able to
>release registrars
> from clinical commitments and on-call to be able to
>attend.
>
> Oli
>
> --- In paediatricsurgerytrainees@yahoogroups.com, "Iain
>Yardley"
> <iyardley@...> wrote:
>>
>> The next BAPS SpR training day will be in Chelsea (which
>> is apparently a suburb of a town in the South East
>>called
>> London) on the 26 and 27th June. This is later than
>> planned due to local constraints but, whilst we do not
>> have a final program as yet, will be making use of the
>> simulation centre and will have a "Minimal Access"
>>theme.
>>
>> The organisers have asked if people could give them some
>> guidance as to what they would prefer with regard to a
>> course meal. They would be happy to arrange a meal but
>> point out that it may take the cost over the target £75,
>> the alternative would be to go to the pub for a drink
>>and
>> order and pay for our own food. If anyone has any
>>feelings
>> either way about this then please let us know.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Iain
>>
>>
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