Prolonged action of intramuscular naloxone.

and wasted the time and energy of those who have sat on the appropriate committees. The appointment of consultants within the NHS has always been done by very responsible committees containing representatives of all interests and with outside observers. No doubt the occasional mistake has been made but on the whole the appointments committees have done their work well and efficiently. I know that the EEC suggests the need for some sort of specialist registration, but surely the appointment of a consultant under the NHS can be made the equivalent of specialist registration without the need for some lower grade of registration which does not carry consultant rank. The establishment of training programmes has been an additional millstone round the neck ofour young doctors for which the medical profession must be held responsible-we created it and should now abolish it.