The introduction of the European working time directive in August could hit junior doctor training, the British Medical Association has claimed.
The directive will cut the maximum working week from 56 hours to 48 hours. The majority of junior doctors responding to a BMA survey said this would have a negative effect on their training.
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Inadequate funding and unsafe staffing at an outstanding trust contributed to the death of a baby girl last winter, a coroner has found.
An “unhealthy competition” for nursing staff between the NHS and social care sector must end, a government minister has said.
Patients with undiagnosed cancer are being discharged from hospital before crucial radiology scans are completed because of demands to free up hospital beds, it has emerged.
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