WTD Issue - Health and Safety

The primary focus of EWTD is health and safety legislation and it is as such that it has been in force across the EU for all groups of workers, with a few exceptions such as Doctors in Training, since 1998. The exemption which allowed Doctors in Training a longer period of time to reduce their working hours down to 48 per week ends at the beginning of August 2009. The research undertaken at the University of Warwick in conjunction with Coventry & Warwick Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust shows that less tiered doctors make fewer errors in the care they give to patients and that their pattern of working, along with the number of hours which they work each week, make a significant contribution to improved health and safety for both patients and doctors.