NHS Unprepared For Drop In Doctors’ Hours In 2009, British Medical Association Warns

Many hospitals in England are insufficiently prepared for a major drop in doctors’ hours in 2009, and government funding to help them is not reaching the front line, the BMA said on Tuesday 30 December, 2008. On 1 August 2009, the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) will cap junior doctors’ working weeks at 48 hours, a significant drop from the current limit of 56.

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Filed under: Public Health on January 4th, 2009