Improving Doctors' Working Lives

A quick and very belated update, due to a benighted combination of large-scale diary monitoring, London bombings, illness and annual leave. Hope you are all OK following the events of 7th July. Speaking of which, some junior doctors have written a Diary of a major incident in BMJ Careers Focus - worth a read.

Headline news
Junior doctors face unemployment, say BMA (BBC News)
Life as an unemployed doctor (BBC News) Thanks to Elena Gonzalez for this link.

Sleep and napping
More responses on the BMJ article "Junior doctors and sleep deprivation" - including a nurse refuting the claims that nurses should be treated differently, and several doctors saying we should "reject" EWTD/SiMAP/Jaeger for doctors in training. (BMJ)

Other news
Trusts to handle minor complaints about doctors (BMJ)
Manchester threatened by maternity unit closures due to EWTD impact (Manchester Evening News)

Support for doctors
Peer assisted learning for doctors
Personal support for leaders and medical managers (BMJCF)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (BMJCF)
Game theory for doctors (BMJCF)
Tips on the occupational health smart card for doctors
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