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Quality should always be at the heart of healthcare, in terms of both the services patients require and in respect of the knowledge and skills which all healthcare practitioners use in delivering care. The balancing act with European Working Time Directive (EWTD) is to improve the quality and level of service provided by clinical teams whilst maintaining the training of junior doctors. Initiatives like Hospital at Night (HaN) have helped improve the quality of service provided to patients by ensuring that appropriately skilled doctors and other healthcare staff are readily available during the night. The HaN approach is further supported by the use of IT system such as HanBleep and the Salisbury IT Handover Tool.




Key pilot sites

South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport NHS Foundation Trust >>>

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Key case studies

Salisbury Trust Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
IT handover system

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Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust >>>
Hospital at Night

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More case studies

Guy's and St Thomas >>>
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Whittington >>>
Northampton General Hospital >>>
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Avon and Wiltshire >>>
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Cheshire and Wirral >>>
Royal Bolton >>>
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh >>>
Manchester Mental Health >>>
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust >>>
Royal Liverpool >>>
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust >>>
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust >>>
  
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More pilot Sites

Guy's and St Thomas >>>
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Whittington >>>
Northampton General Hospital >>>
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Avon and Wiltshire >>>
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Manchester Mental Health >>>
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust >>>
Royal Liverpool >>>
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust >>>
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust >>>
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Resources

The Case for Hospital at Night >>>
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust >>>
  
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FAQs

What is the EWTD? >>>
This is Europe imposing their rules, can't we ignore it? >>>
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Key resources

EWTD final report
EWTD final report

New Deal and WTD Booklets
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