Fewer doctors working unsafe hours
13th July 2012
By Guest Writer
The AMA’s 2011 Safe Hours Audit, published today, said that for the first time since the association started safe hours audits in 2001, there was a “sustained decline in the risks of fatigue”, based on numbers of doctors working hours deemed risky.
It came as the 1486-doctor survey, conducted in August last year, extended its reach to include GP registrars, of whom it said 62% were classified as being at lower risk of fatigue compared to 47% of hospital doctors – although both groups worked similar numbers of hours.
“The data do not