Children's and maternity services in 2009: Working time solutions
Joint Project with RCPCH
The full report of this project is now available to download as a pdf:
National Workforce Projects has funded a project which will be undertaken jointly by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The project will evaluate the impact of implementing the 2009 Working Time Directive on maternity and children's services in England and will define examples of good practice. More details of this project can be found here.
The working hours of doctors in training was significantly restricted after 1 August 2004. This has major implications for service provision and for training.
The RCOG has published advice on this matter which is available to download as a pdf file.
Nick Savage, seconded from the NHS Confederation, was a major contributor to the RCOG's advice note on the EWTD. Nick Savage's report 'Survey of Models of Maternity Care' is available to download as a .pdf here: