Improving Doctors' Working Lives

The Leamington Spa Courier has an excellent article on the EWTD impact, including an interview with Hannah Tomes, a junior doctor representative from Warwick Hospital, who comments "The reality is we are not necessarily seeing an influx of doctors to fill in the time. It's quite difficult to stick to these hours. If someone is acutely unwell you cannot just say to the relatives 'it's 5 o'clock, I'm going home'."

The BMJ has a fascinating summary of compliance across Europe. Compliance in other EU countries is very variable, but even the most compliant countries (eg Italy, the Netherlands) are struggling with the SiMAP judgement, while in France, according to union leader Raphael Gaillard, "doctors are not even discussing the directive with the government as they consider it "so totally abstract that it seems inapplicable." " The Belfast Telegraph also reports fears that up to a quarter of doctors in Northern Ireland are working illegally.

The BMJ also has an editorial on the pros and cons of EWTD implementation for doctors.
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