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QJM Advance Access originally published online on March 3, 2009
QJM 2009 102(4):297-298; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcp017
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A response to Cappuccio F et al.: ‘Implementing a 48 h EWTD-compliant rota for junior doctors in the UK does not compromise patients’ safety: assessor blind pilot comparison.’

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Sir,

I read the recently published results from Cappuccio et al. with great interest, given that compulsory European Working Time Directive (EWTD) rota compliance is mandatory from August 2009. However, there are a number of issues raised by the study that require further discussion.

In 2006, the Royal College of Physicians Multidisciplinary Working Group stated that ‘junior doctors should . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ruth Dobson

Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK

email: ruthdobson@doctors.org.uk


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