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My name is Brian Connelly. I’m 67 and retired. I don’t have any particular expertise in blogging but I do have a story to tell.…
“Compliant Rotas” Do Not Mean Safe Working Hours
The Times published an article following my blog of 23 April 2020 (see here). A Scottish Government spokesman has provided The Times with comments which…
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Covid-19: Taking Better Care of Those Who Take Care of Us
It has been many months since I provided an update on my campaign to make junior doctors’ working hours safe. This will be achieved by…
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A Tribute to Lauren and to Junior Doctors – Heroes All
Lauren would have been 32 today had she not died while driving home from her job as a junior doctor working in a busy hospital.…
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Junior Doctors And The Working Time Directive – When Dangerous Working Hours And Shift Rotas Are Declared Safe
The Working Time Directive, limiting the working week to an average of 48 hours, has applied to junior doctors since 2009. It should have prevented…
Junior Doctors And The Working Time Directive – Twenty Years Of Derogation and Prevarication
The Working Time Directive was introduced into UK law by Statutory Instrument No. 1833 in 1998. Since then, its applicability to the medical profession has…
A Chocolate Bar A Day Keeps Your Hypo At Bay
This is not a joke nor an advertising slogan extolling the virtues of a new chocolate bar. It is in fact one of the Top…
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Junior Doctors’ Burnout Has Devastating Consequences For Patient Care
A 2017 report produced by experts at the University of Manchester for the General Medical Council has concluded that burnout in doctors has devasting consequences…
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Meeting MSPs and NHS Professionals
On 26th June 2019, I attended a round table meeting organised by Miles Briggs, MSP, in the Scottish Parliament, discussing making junior doctors’ working hours…
Why We Must Make Junior Doctors’ Working Hours Safe.
The NHS and Governments have had since 1998 to implement the Working Time Directive to prevent junior doctors from experiencing the chronic fatigue the law…
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