Project Organisation

Introduction

In July 2006, the Royal Surrey County Hospital commenced a project to redesign various workstreams to facilitate compliance with the European Working Time Directive 2009, in order to reduce junior doctor hours.

Goals

Project aims include:

• Sustainably reduce hours and intensity of junior doctor workload to achieve 2009 WTD compliance
• Extending roles for non-medical staff.

How they intend to bring about change

The Royal Surrey have created a multidisciplinary project board, with five committees (workstreams) investigating each area of change:

• Emergency
• Non-emergency
• Medicines management
• Nurse led pre-assessment
• Nurse led discharge.

They have recently engaged junior doctor support through appointing junior doctor representatives to each of the workstreams.