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2 The work of the specialties2 The work of the specialtiesThis chapter describes the work of the specialties,written to a structured format. Each submission hasseven main sections followed by specimen workprogrammes, consultant job plans and key points forcommissioners:1 Description of the specialty2 Organisation of the service and patterns of referral3 Working with patients: patient-centred care4 Interspecialty and interdisciplinary liaison5 Delivering a high-quality service6 Clinical work of consultants7 Opportunities for integrated care8 Workforce requirements for the specialty9 Consultant work programmes/specimen job plans10 Key points for commissionersThe editor would like to especially thank all of thecontributors who freely gave their time and energy, andwho are listed below.List of contributors for the specialtiesJeffrey Aronson Honorary consultant physician,University of Oxford and Oxford University HospitalsNHS TrustRuth M Ayling Consultant chemical pathologist,Derriford Hopsital, PlymouthDr Marwan Bukhari Consultant rheumatologist,University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay NHSFoundation TrustChristopher B Bunker Consultant dermatologist,University College London Hospital; honoraryprofessor, University College London; president,British Association of DermatologistsJohn Buscombe Consultant physician in nuclearmedicine, Cambridge University HospitalsChristopher P Conlon Reader in infectious diseasesand tropical medicine, University of Oxford;consultant in infectious diseases, NuffieldDepartment of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital,OxfordBen Cottam Policy and communications coordinator,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, LondonLisa Davies Consultant respiratory physician, AintreeUniversity Hospital NHS Foundation TrustSabina Dizdarevic Consultant in nuclear medicine,Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHSTrustRhid Dowdle Consultant physician and cardiologist,Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf Local HealthBoardPamela Ewan Consultant allergist, CambridgeUniversity Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEJaneFlintConsultant cardiologist, on behalf ofofficers and Affiliated Groups of the BritishCardiovascular SocietyFrances A Flinter Consultant in clinical genetics,Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation TrustRichard P Gale Consultant medical ophthalmologist,York Teaching Hospital; chair, MedicalOphthalmology SACMike Galloway Consultant haematologist; formerchair, Intercollegiate Committee on HaematologyGeoff Gill Consultant physician (diabetes andendocrinology), Aintree University Hospital,LiverpoolStephanie Gomm Consultant palliative medicine,Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; chair, JointSpecialty Committee Palliative MedicineCatherine Guly Consultant medical ophthalmologist,University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation TrustAdam Harris Consultant physician andgastroenterologist, The Tunbridge Wells Hospital;chair, British Society of Gastroenterology, ClinicalServices & Standards CommitteeSebastian Hendricks Consultant audiovestibularphysician and paediatrician, Barnet and Chase FarmHospital NHS TrustStephen Jackson Professor of clinical gerontology,King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust and King’sCollege LondonJohnathan Joffe Chair, Association of CancerPhysicians; consultant medical oncologist,Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryC○ Royal College of Physicians 2013 15