TY - JOUR T1 - Barriers to the implementation of exception reporting at a busy district general hospital JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 28 LP - 28 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s28 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Dana Hassan AU - Fenella Maggs Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/28.abstract N2 - One change implemented with the 2016 junior doctor contract was the advent of a system of exception reporting. This enables doctors to report either loss of educational opportunities or breaches of safe working hours (including working extra hours, inability to take breaks and unsafe conditions). The outcomes of exception reporting could include compensation (with time or pay), with the process enabling unsafe working conditions to be flagged up to relevant stakeholders.The novelty of exception reporting means that there is a paucity of data regarding uptake or improvement outcomes. One recent study from Barts … ER -