Limits on doctors' working times 'put patients at risk'

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Limits on doctors' working times 'put patients at risk'

Clinical negligence claims could be set to increase in the wake of the introduction of limits on junior doctors' working hours, experts have suggested.

According to the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), continuity of care has collapsed since the European Working Time Directive came into effect.

The new regulations, which limit the working hours of junior doctors at 48 hours a week, were said to have reduced safety levels in English hospitals.

As a result, many doctors were said to be covertly breaching the legislation to ensure patients do not suffer.

John Black, president of the RCS, commented: "We now have a clear message from the frontline that patient care is being made significantly less safe."

Earlier this year, the organisation urged the government to delay the implementation of the new rules in light of the first wave of swine flu in the UK.

The British Medical Association also expressed concern prior to its introduction, warning last year that many English hospitals were insufficiently prepared to adopt the legislation.
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