UK doctors' views on the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as applied to medical practice: a quantitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report on doctors' views, from all specialty backgrounds, about the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and its impact on the National Health Service (NHS), senior doctors and junior doctors.

Design

All medical school graduates from 1999 to 2000 were surveyed by post and email in 2012.

Setting

The UK.

Methods

Among other questions, in a multipurpose survey on medical careers and career intentions, doctors were asked to respond to three statements about the EWTD on a five-point scale (from strongly agree to strongly disagree): 'The implementation of the EWTD has benefited the NHS', 'The implementation of the EWTD has benefited senior doctors' and 'The implementation of the EWTD has benefited junior doctors'.

Results

The response rate was

SUBMITTER: Maisonneuve JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3918994 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature