A new approach to improving facilities for resident hospital doctors.
The British Medical Association and the Department of Health recently agreed tougher systems to force NHS trusts to improve living conditions for resident doctors. Central to the proposals is the system of monitoring pioneered in the West Midlands, described below, which has resulted in significant improvements in the facilities provided by the region's trusts in the last 3 years.
Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV10 7DJ. a.b.whitehouse@bham.ac.uk
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