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Rota design

A selection of tools available on rota planning, including a rota database with powerful search engine capabilities that allows trusts access to WTD 2009 compliant rotas, example handover and bleep policies and advice from the royal colleges.

Working Towards Compliance: Facts You Need to Know
Further advice on WTD compliance rotas can be found here >>>

: New Deal and WTD Booklets
A series of booklets focusing on New Deal and Working Time Directive (WTD) from different perspectives.

Rota design for 2009
This guide is aimed at equipping key stakeholders with a range of tips and tools to prepare them for designing 48 hour compliant rotas in the run up to August 2009.

WTD Compliant Rotas
Working in partnership with Skills for Health - Workforce Projects Team, the NHS Workforce Review Team (WRT) has designed a 'rota database' with powerful search engine capabilities.

Rota Planning
Guidance from the Working Time Directive working party

Rota Database
Working Time Directive Rota Database

Draft Rota plans
Draft rota plans from the Homerton Acute Care Unit

7 x 13 hour shift patterns
Working Time Directive National Stakeholder Group discourages the use of 7 x 13 hour shift patterns

Supporting effective handover in an acute trust
How a major London acute hospital has used a simple IT tool to support multi team handover.

Handover Policy
Handover Policy used by the Countess of Chester Foundation Trust's WTD pilot project team.

Bleep Policy
Bleep Policy used by the Countess of Chester Foundation Trust WTD pilot project

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: Working Time Directive FAQs
Read a range of frequently asked questions, or submit your own.
Details here >>>

: Key resources

EWTD final report

New Deal and WTD Booklets