Health written question – answered at on 26 May 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of the European working time directive (EWTD) (a) on the NHS in general and (b) on the ability of junior doctors to recognise and manage critical illness; and if she will make a statement on the steps being taken to redraft the EWTD in order to reverse the SIMAP and Jaeger rulings.
Implementation of the working time directive (WTD) is a local national health service matter, but we know that the vast majority of trusts achieved compliance across all specialities by
The United Kingdom, together with most member states, continues to press for changes to the WTD to address the difficulties from the SIMAP and Jaeger judgments. The Government will continue to seek to negotiate an acceptable agreement with member states and the European Commission.
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