Manchester Mental Health rota redesign docs
Manchester Mental Health applied the principles of Hospital at Night reconfiguration and workforce redesign for the first time within their WTD pilot to an integrated mental health economy. The project is now coming to a close and a range of resources have been developed to support the implementation of their new rotas. The resources including escalation guidance, induction pack inserts and absence procedures are available on the healthcareworkforce portal >>>

Salisbury handover video
Salisbury Trust have produced a high quality training and education video to support handover between multiprofessional teams.

The video is now available free of charge to all NHS organisations as a download from the healthcare workforce portal >>>

Report RCSEng and RCoA
The Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Anaesthetists have undertaken a research project in partnership with Skills for Health - Workforce Projects Team. The aim of the project was to review how organisations have implemented or are planning to implement the 2009 WTD requirements within the two specialties and pull together good practice that is endorsed by the colleges. The recommendations can be seen in a report to support organisations in meeting the WTD 2009 requirements. The report was launched yesterday (20th November); and is available on the healthcare workforce portal >>>

Working Time Directive deadline fast approaching
There are nine months to go until August 2009.
Are you looking for a practical approach to reaching compliance?
Do you want to hear from others who are already compliant and to learn from their experiences?

Taking Care 24/7
One of the most successful WTD pilot sites, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is holding a one day event to discuss how it has achieved European Working Time Directive compliance for its doctors in training over 18 months early. Hear how restructuring a busy district general hospital's elective and emergency patient care contributed to this achievement.
Date: Tuesday 25th November, 10am - 3.30pm

Register your interest here >>>

Rota Design workshops
Ensuring that rotas for doctors in training are WTD 2009 compliant can prove difficult for any trust.

To aid this process, Workforce Projects Team has commissioned four workshops across England focusing on tools, techniques and resources available to assist trusts address issues of non compliant working patterns. The workshops will be held in January and February 2009. They aim to equip those working within trusts who have responsibility for supporting the process of developing WTD 2009 compliant rotas.

Register your interest as places are limited to 35 per workshop >>>

South East Coast SHA - Improving Doctors' Training within the European Working Time Directive
This one day event is aimed at both doctors and managers with a focus on improving the quality of doctors' training whilst working a 48 hour week. For many trusts this is a challenge. We will hear about these challenges from David Sowden, senior responsible officer, MMC and Ram Moorthy, former chair, BMA Junior Doctors Committee, and from trusts, both local and further afield, on how some have been able to change the way they work to support training and WTD. There is no one solution, different specialties and trusts will need to work differently depending on their needs.
Date: 23rd January

Come along to hear more, get your views across and help develop local solutions >>>

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Maximising Training within a 48 hour working week
The presentations and resources from The' Maximising Training within a 48 hour working week' EWTD and training conference, hosted in September by the Department of Health's EWTD and Modernising Medical Careers teams, are now available on the healthcareworkforce portal >>>

David Sowden, the senior responsible owner for the government's Modernising Medical Careers programme, Andrew Thornley, chair of the British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee and Dr Charles Swainson, medical director at NHS Lothian and chair of PMETB's education and training subgroup were among the presenters who discussed the target of implementing the 48 hour working week Working Time Directive (WTD) by August 2009.

Calling Time 12 - Hospital at Night special
Calling Time 12 provides an overview of the Making Hospital at Night Mainstream and Beyond Conference as well as highlighting other new and successful activities in the Hospital at Night arena. It is available on the Healthcare Workforce portal.

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