The call upon doctors to take more interest in the European Working Time Directive (EWTD)
and possible solutions is long overdue and very welcome (Clin Med April 2008 pp 126–7) …

I have had the opportunity over the past few weeks to attend two national events that
explored the implications of the implementation of the next stage of the European Working …

Three years ago, the British Medical Association and National Health Service Employers
entered negotiations about the contract for junior doctors working in England's National …

Under the new deal on hours no junior doctor should be working more than 56 hours a week
or 72 hours on call, with adequate rest periods. Recent monitoring of the new deal shows …

Ruth Carnall's letter in response to my critique is interesting for what is included and what
has been omitted (Clin Med April 2008 pp 227–8). I apologise for my error in suggesting that …

In 2013, the National Health Service Employers (NHSE) started a renegotiation of the
contract for junior doctors (ie doctors of all grades except for consultants and SAS doctors; …

Views of parents and consultants on evening and weekend outpatient clinics for the paediatric
population | The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ADVERTISEMENT logo …

SIR,-Regular readers will recall the time when our hospital engineer receivedthe last rites
after applying DHSS-approved tests for electrical safety to a new nerve stimulator, and …

The European Working Time Directive (EWTD) was introduced in the UK in 1998. 1 The
legislation supports proposals made 5 years earlier in the European Union as part of the …

December 2011 pp 524–528) is admirable, we are concerned about the impact this change
would have on training. In the same issue of Clinical Medicine, results of a 2010 survey of …