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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Government and BMA "to issue joint guidance to non-compliant Trusts"
The Health Minister John Hutton has met with the BMA to discuss the EWTD implementation and Trusts who will be unable to meet full EWTD compliance by 1st August 2004. The government and the BMA are looking into the possibility of issuing joint guidance on this as soon as possible.
The Tories have attacked the government on "complacency" over EWTD for junior doctors. Andrew Lansley accused the government of failing to prepare adequately for the impact of the legislation. John Hutton welcomed the overall aims of the EWTD but said that its current form would make running the NHS "immeasurably more difficult".
A Welsh GP has spoken out about potentially illegal hours when GPs are working on call. (icWales)
And in the US, the American Medical Students' Association has reacted angrily to the suggestion that hours should be increased again, less than a year after restrictions were introduced. 41% of junior doctors attribute their most serious errors to fatigue. (See also original report on potential increases to hours.)
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The Tories have attacked the government on "complacency" over EWTD for junior doctors. Andrew Lansley accused the government of failing to prepare adequately for the impact of the legislation. John Hutton welcomed the overall aims of the EWTD but said that its current form would make running the NHS "immeasurably more difficult".
A Welsh GP has spoken out about potentially illegal hours when GPs are working on call. (icWales)
And in the US, the American Medical Students' Association has reacted angrily to the suggestion that hours should be increased again, less than a year after restrictions were introduced. 41% of junior doctors attribute their most serious errors to fatigue. (See also original report on potential increases to hours.)
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