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EU ban limiting junior doctors to 48-hour working week lifted over public health concerns hospital EU Working Time Directive Trusts - Daily Mail 15th October 2009
"European rules insisting junior doctors work only a 48-hour week have been lifted for at least 50 hospitals.
Britain has been granted a temporary reprieve after health chiefs claimed the EU Working Time Directive might put patient safety at risk. "
Patients are dying 'because of restrictions on doctors' working hours' - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"Patients are dying as a result of EU rules which cut the working hours of doctors, evidence from the Royal College of Surgeons has suggested. "
Doctor hours law 'harms patients' - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"Patients' lives are being jeopardised by European rules that cut the working hours of doctors, experts say.
The Royal College of Surgeons says the 48-hour limit on the working week has left hospitals overstretched. "
Hospital patients are dying because of restrictions on doctors' hours, say surgeons - Daily Telegraph 10th October 2009
"Doctors say hospital patients have died as a result of new restrictions on medics' working hours brought in by the European Union. "
Junior doctors miss out on training due to reduced hours - The Guardian 9th October 2009
"Hospital rotas based on EU working time directive limiting junior doctors to 48-hour week are mere 'paper compliance', medics warn"
Surgeon at Countess of Chester Hospital says new rules will pressure NHS - Chester Chronicle 20th August 2009
A LEADING surgeon fears employment rules limiting junior doctors’ hours could mean the Countess of Chester Hospital struggles to treat its patients.
George Foster, who has worked at the Countess for 25 years, says the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) will also limit training opportunities for new doctors.
East Lancashire doctors face working longer hours - Lancashire Telegraph 7th July 2009
DOCTORS working at Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital could face working extra hours under new regulations.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust applied for doctors in certain departments at the hospitals to have work-ing hours extended from European Working Time Directive of 48 hours per week to 52 hours per week.
Working hours directive 'will put lives at risk in hospital' - The Sunday Telegraph 31st May 2009
The UK's top surgeon has claimed that patients lives will be put at risk and hospitals forced to close because of new European rules that will limit the hours doctors can work.
Europe's 48-hour working week will be 'catastrophic' for patients, says UK's top surgeon - Daily Mail 31st May 2009
Patients’ lives will be put at risk and hospitals forced to close because of new European rules which limit doctors’ working hours, according to the country’s top surgeon.
John Black, president of The Royal College of Surgeons, has warned of an impending ‘catastrophe’ in the NHS if all doctors are forced to comply with a directive which limits them to working a 48-hour week.
Time rules 'catastrophic' for NHS - BBC Health News 31st May 2009
New rules on how many hours doctors can work will be "catastrophic" for the NHS, a senior surgeon has claimed.
Waiting lists could soar and hospital units forced to close to emergencies, John Black, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, has said.
Junior doctors 'asked to lie about working hours' - The Guardian 28th May 2009
Survey suggests misleading data is being submitted to comply with directive that restricts junior doctors' hours to 48 a week
Junior doctors 'pressurised to lie about long working hours to meet EU rules' - The Telegraph 27th May 2009
Junior doctors are being pressurised to lie about their long working hours to meet new European regulations, a new poll shows.
Doctors warn over working rules - BBC Health News 27th May 2009
Hospitals are being tempted to employ "dangerous working practices" to meet European rules on doctors' hours, the body representing surgeons alleges.
The Royal College of Surgeons says data shows the number of rotas reportedly complying with the 48-hour week fell from 78% in March to 72% in April.
Video: Cutting doctors hours 'will threaten patient safety' - The Telegraph 26th May 2009
Cutting junior doctors working hours down to a 48 a week will threaten patient safety, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons, John Black, told Telegraph TV.
EU ruling will delay operations on NHS - The Telegraph 12th March 2009
Patients face a significant increase in waiting times for operations because "insane" European rules mean doctors’ hours will be cut so much they will not be able to cope, surgeons said.
Limiting doctors hours 'could damage NHS' - The Telegraph 10th March 2009
Ministers should stand up to Brussels over plans to limit doctors' working hours or risk "damaging" the NHS, the Conservatives have said.
Long hours put workers at risk of dementia, according to research into damage to brain - The Telegraph 25th February 2009
Millions of workers are being put at greater risk of dementia by Britain's long working hours culture, research has found.
Long hours link to dementia risk - BBC Health News 25th February 2009
Long working hours may raise the risk of mental decline and possibly dementia, research suggests.
The Finnish-led study was based on analysis of 2,214 middle-aged British civil servants.
Doctors 'can work longer than 48 hour week' - The Telegraph 30th January 2009
Some doctors will be able to work more than 48 hours a week despite new European regulations on working times, following fears over their training and patient safety.
Medics get working hours opt-out - BBC Health News 30th January 2009
The government has said not all doctors will have their working week cut to 48 hours in August as planned.
Ministers said the European Working Time Directive limit would not have to apply to certain doctors working in emergency medicine, or in rural areas.
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