Calling Time 14
Our EWTD 2009 programme continues to demonstrate innovative ways of achieving compliance and we will be issuing reference guides, such as the signposting document highlighted in this bulletin, to help services working towards full implementation
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Focus on practical solutions:

Pilot Projects Report
Healthcare organisations across England have completed their European Working Time Directive (EWTD) 2009 pilots with the publication of their final project reports >>>

HanBleep in the Palm of your Hand
HaNBleep was released in February. Multidisciplinary healthcare teams now have free access to the very latest software to manage clinical priority right at their fingertips >>>

Nursing in the European Working Time Directive
The NHS will be on the final stretch to meeting the EWTD requirements for junior doctors in training.
It will be a historic moment because for the first time all NHS personnel will be treated equally under the legislation>>>

Maintaining the Quality of Training
Education and training should be treated by the NHS as being part of the cost of care, rather than an externality >>>

Achieving EWTD Compliance at Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
From 0 to 93 in six and a half years.
Start time: June 2002. Junior doctors: 450. EWTD compliance rate: 0 (approx).
78 months later, in December 2008, the Trust reported EWTD 2009 compliance of around 93%. Crossing the distance between the two was quite a journey.>>>

Derby Hospitals Split Site Hospital at Night Project
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust began its Hospital at Night (HaN) project in 2004 with the aims of improving overnight patient safety and compliance with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) 2009.

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An extract from Signposting European Working Time Directive Solutions
Board Level Commitment
Jacky Beaumont
Barrier:
There is no local board level commitment.

Solutions:

• Raise awareness and create board level engagement by presenting the facts to them
• Make sure they understand the legal requirements and their responsibilities as an employer
• Make them aware of the enforcement framework and penalties the trust will face
• Indicate the junior doctor hours that will be lost each week and ask them to consider the impact that this will have on other trust objectives and targets
• Make them aware of the potential release of funding through banding changes that could be reinvested to support the transition.

Click her for signposting good practice and reference documents and to read more >>>

Working Time Directive deadline fast approaching
There are less than four 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?

East Midlands
Date: 17th April 2009.
This event will showcase how trusts in the East Midlands are approaching compliance with the EWTD and give the opportunity for trusts to share their learning and best practice.
Click here for more information >>>

London
Date: 15th May 2009
Workforce Projects Team in conjunction with NHS London and supported by the BMA will be highlighting practical solutions and clinical leadership in the delivery of EWTD at a conference in London on Friday 15th May.

Miss Wendy Reid, Clinical Advisor to NHS London and the Department of Health on the European Working Time Directive, will be the keynote speaker. Shreelata Datta, vice president of the Junior Doctors Committee of the BMA, Keith Brent, BMA Consultants Committee and a host of experts on EWTD including a European perspective from Bram Jacobs, president, Dutch Junior Doctors Society will also present on the day. To register your interest please click here >>>

West Midlands
West Midlands EWTD Workshop - 11th February
Presentations are available here >>>