Calling Time: Issue 14

Calling Time is a bimonthly publication which is circulated widely across the NHS and focuses on the Working Time Directive (WTD) 2009.

The newsletter will keep you updated on WTD progress and look at how the NHS is meeting the challenge. It will keep you informed of initiatives being tested, facts about compliance and innovative work in progress that could help you to develop and implement your own plans. You can share best practice and learning, gain practical information and access to resources from the UK and internationally.

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Pilot Projects Report
Healthcare organisations across England have completed their (EWTD) 2009 pilots with the publication of their final project reports.

Editorial
A warm welcome to the 14th edition of Calling Time.

Improving Doctors' Training within the EWTD
A host of speakers from across England and from a variety of healthcare organisations gave their views on training in a 48 hour week.

HanBleep in the Palm of your Hand
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
by Gerry Bolger MHM, RN, former project director for HaN and Council member with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Opinion Piece
No Time for Old Mistakes
by Tim Lund

National Association of Medical Personnel Specialists (NAMPS) Conference 2008
by Annabel Morris

Trainee Doctor Survey
In 2007/8 the PMETB and the COPMeD undertook a national survey of trainee doctors.

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.