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EU rules on doctors working hours puts patients at risk, report finds Rules which ban junior doctors for working more than 48 hours a week are damaging patient care and more staff should be encouraged to opt out, a report has found. Junior doctors should be encouraged to opt out of the European Working Time Directive because it is damaging patient care and putting patients at risk of late diagnosis and delayed treatment, a major report has found. In November Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, appointed an independent taskforce to look at the impact of the EWTD on patient care and the training of doctors. Under EU law, junior doctors can only work 48 hours a week and must have rest periods to make up for being on call overnight, even if they were asleep the whole time. telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10741905/EU-rules-on-doctors-working-hours-puts-patients-at-risk-report-finds.html
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:25:47 +0000

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